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UNIT – I SATELLITE ORBITS

Syllabus

Introduction Kepler’s Laws, Newton’s law, orbital parameters, orbital perturbations, station keeping,
geo stationary and non Geo-stationary orbits – Look Angle Determination- Limits of visibility –
eclipse-Sub satellite point –Sun transit outage- Launching Procedures -launch vehicles and
propulsion.

Objective

Overview of Satellite systems to other terrestrial systems and study of satellite orbits and launching.

Session Topics to be covered Time Ref Teaching

No Method
1 Introduction, Kepler’s First Law – Kepler’s Second Law – 50m 1 BB
Kepler’s Third Law

2 Newton’s Law, Definitions of Terms for Earth-orbiting 50m 1 BB

Satellites orbital parameters

3 Orbital perturbations- effects of non-spherical earth, 50m 1 BB

atmospheric drag, Station Keeping
4 Geo-stationary orbits & non geo-stationary orbits-geometry 50m 1,2 BB
5 Look Angle Determination, Limits of Visibility 50m 1 BB
6 Earth eclipse of satellites, Sub satellite point 50m 1 BB
7 Sun transit outage, Launching Procedures-Direct, Insertion 50m 1 BB
to GTO

8 Launch vehicles and propulsion-principles, rocket equation, 50m 2 BB

powered flight, injection into final orbit.

9 Problems 50m 1,2 BB

CAT-I 40m
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UNIT – II SPACE SEGMENT AND SATELLITE LINK DESIGN

Syllabus
Spacecraft Technology- Structure, Primary power, Attitude and Orbit control, Thermal control and
propulsion, communication Payload and supporting subsystems, Telemetry, Tracking and command.
Satellite uplink and downlink Analysis and Design, link budget, E/N calculation- performance
impairments-system noise, inter modulation and interference, Propagation Characteristics and
Frequency considerations- System reliability and design lifetime.

Objective

To study about space segment and components and link design procedures.
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Session Topics to be covered Time Ref Teaching

No Method
10 Space craft Design, Subsystems, structure primary 50m 2 BB
power estimating power needs
11 Solar array requirements Thermal Subsystem- 50m 2 BB
Control
12 Telemetry Tracking & Command Subsystem, 50m 2 BB
attitude control, propulsion subsystems
13 Transponders- Wideband Receiver – Input 50m 1 BB
Demultiplexer,
14 Power Amplifier, Antenna Subsystem 50m 1 BB
15 Uplink-saturation flux density, input backoff, 50m 1 BB
16 Downlink –output backoff, TWTA output 50m 1 BB
17 Link budget, E/N calculation 50m 1 BB
18 Performance impairments-system noise, inter 50m 1 BB
modulation and interference
19 Propagation Characteristics and Frequency 50m 1 BB
considerations
20 System reliability and design lifetime. 50m 1 BB
21 Problems 50m 1,2
CAT-II 40m

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UNIT – III SATELLITE ACCESS

Syllabus
Modulation and Multiplexing: Voice, Data, Video, Analog – digital transmission system,Digital video
Brocast, multiple access: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, Assignment Methods,Spread Spectrum
communication, compression – encryption
Objective
To Study about various analog and digital modulation, multiplexing and multiple access
techniques.
Session Topics to be covered Time Ref Teaching
No Method
22 Modulation-Frequency modulation –waveform 50m 11 BB
equation, carson’s rules
23 Digital transmission-baseband transmission, band pass 50m 11 BB
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transmission, transmission of QPSK signals

24 Analog FM transmission, TV signals, SNR ratio for 50m 11 BB
FM video transmission
25 Baseband signals- voice, data, digital transmission 50m 10 BB
system, Digital video Broadcast
26 Multiple Access-FDMA-MCPC, SCPC, trade-off 50m 10 BB
analysis, disadvantages
27 TDMA-preamble & postamble, carrier recovery, 50m 1 BB
unique word detection, speech interpolation
28 Preassigned TDMA, Demand-assigned TDMA 50m 1 BB
29 CDMA- Direct sequence spread spectrum 50m 1 BB
30 Spread spectrum communication-Types, Direct 50m 1 BB
sequence, frequency hopping
31 compression – encryption 50m 2,11 BB
CAT-III 40m

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UNIT – IV EARTH SEGMENT

Syllabus
Earth Station Technology-- Terrestrial Interface, Transmitter and Receiver,
Antenna Systems TVRO, MATV, CATV, Test Equipment Measurements on
G/T, C/No, EIRP, Antenna Gain.
Objective
To study about Earth Segment and Test equipment measurements.

Session Topics to be covered Time Ref Teaching

No Method
32 Earth station technology- Terrestrial Interface 50m 5 BB
33 Transmitter and receive earth stations 50m 1 BB
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34 Antenna Systems:Receive –Only Home TV 50m 1 BB

Systems:Outdoor unit, indoor unit for analog FMTV
35 Master Antenna TV, Community Antenna TV 50m 1 BB
36 Test Equipment measurements on G/T, C/No 50m 1,2 BB
37 Equivalent isotropic radiated power, antenna gain 50m 1,5 BB
38 Tutorial 50m
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UNIT – V SATELLITE APPLICATIONS

Syllabus
INTELSAT Series, INSAT, VSAT, Mobile satellite services: GSM, GPS, INMARSAT, LEO,
MEO, Satellite Navigational System. Direct Broadcast satellites (DBS)- Direct to home
Broadcast (DTH), Digital audio broadcast (DAB)- Worldspace services, Business TV(BTV),
GRAMSAT, Specialized services – E –mail, Video conferencing, Internet

Objective
Study of Satellite applications & specialized services

Session Topics to be covered Time Ref Teaching

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No Method
39 INTELSAT Series, INSAT 50m 1 BB
40 VSAT, Mobile satellite servies-GSM 50m 1 BB
41 GPS, INMARSAT 50m 1 BB
42 LEO, MEO 50m 11 BB
43 Satellite Navigational System, DBS 50m 1 BB
44 Direct to home Broadcast (DTH), Digital audio 50m 2 BB
broadcast (DAB)
45 World space services 50m 4 BB
46 Business TV(BTV) 50m 4 BB
47 GRAMSAT 50m 4 BB
48 Specialized services – Email,Video conferencing, 50m 4 BB
Internet
49 Tutorial 50m BB
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Course Delivery Plan

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Week
I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II I II

C CC CI C II III IV V
A AA A A
T TT
Units T T
2 35 I 4

Text Book
1. Dennis Roddy, ‘Satellite Communication’, McGraw Hill International, 4th Edition, 2006.
2. Wilbur L. Pritchard, Hendri G. Suyderhoud, Robert A. Nelson, ‘Satellite Communication
Systems Engineering’, Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2007.
References
3. N.Agarwal, ‘Design of Geosynchronous Space Craft, Prentice Hall, 1986.
4. Bruce R. Elbert, ‘The Satellite Communication Applications’ Hand Book, Artech House
Bostan London, 1997.
5. Tri T. Ha, ‘Digital Satellite Communication’, II edition, 1990.
6. Emanuel Fthenakis, ‘Manual of Satellite Communications’, McGraw Hill Book Co., 1984.
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7. Robert G. Winch, ‘Telecommunication Trans Mission Systems’, McGraw-Hill Book Co.,

1983.
8. Brian Ackroyd, ‘World Satellite Communication and earth station Design’, BSP professional
Books, 1990.
9. G.B.Bleazard, ‘ Introducing Satellite communications NCC Publication, 1985.
10. M.Richharia, ‘Satellite Communication Systems-Design Principles”,Macmillan 2003
11. Timothy Pratt – Charles Bostian & Jeremy Allmuti, Satellite Communications, John Willy &
Sons (Asia) Pvt. Ltd, 2nd Edition 2004

Prepared by Approved by

Signature

Name K.Srividhya & S.Saravanan Prof.E.G.Govindan

Designation Assistant Professor VP & HOD/EC

Date 15/12/2011 15/12/2011