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PE 824 EC Satellite Communications Elective: DC Pc601Ec 3 - 30 70 3 Course Objectives

This document outlines a course on satellite communications. It provides the course code, title, prerequisites, and objectives. It also lists 5 units that will be covered, including topics like orbital elements, antenna types, satellite components, link budgets, and applications. Suggested readings are included at the end.

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PE 824 EC Satellite Communications Elective: DC Pc601Ec 3 - 30 70 3 Course Objectives

This document outlines a course on satellite communications. It provides the course code, title, prerequisites, and objectives. It also lists 5 units that will be covered, including topics like orbital elements, antenna types, satellite components, link budgets, and applications. Suggested readings are included at the end.

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Faculty of Engineering O.U.

With effect from Academic Year 2020 – 21

Course Code Course Title Core / Elective


PE 824 EC Satellite Communications Elective
Contact Hours per Week
Prerequisite CIE SEE Credits
L T D P
DC PC601EC 3 - - - 30 70 3
Course Objectives
To make the student familiar with the concepts of
➢ To understand basics of satellite communications
➢ To study various effects on satellite communications and to understand types of antennas used.
➢ To study various components in satellite and satellite TVsystems.
➢ To analyse and design satellite communication link and study various access techniques.
➢ To study various applications of satellite communications in practical world.
Course Outcomes
After completing this course, the student will be able to
1. Explain principle, working and operation of satellite.
2. Illustrate various effects on satellite communications and its antennas.
3. Explain various components in satellite and satellite TV systems.
4. Analyse and design satellite communication link
5. Illustrate role of satellite in various applications

UNIT-I
A Brief History of Satellite Communications, Overview and Indian Scenario of Satellite
Communications, Kepler’s Laws, Definitions of Terms for Earth-Orbiting Satellites, Orbital
Elements, Apogee and Perigee Heights, Orbit Perturbations - Effects of a non-spherical earth,
Atmospheric drag

UNIT-II
Antenna Look Angles, The Polar Mount Antenna, Limits of Visibility, Near Geostationary Orbits,
Earth Eclipse of Satellite, Sun Transit Outage, Launching Orbits, Atmospheric Losses, Ionospheric
Effects, Rain Attenuation, Other Propagation Impairments, Antenna Polarization, Polarization of
Satellite Signals, Cross- Polarization Discrimination, Ionospheric Depolarization, Rain
Depolarization, Ice Depolarization, Horn Antennas, The Parabolic reflector, Offset feed, Double-
reflector antennas

UNIT-III
Power Supply, Attitude Control - Spinning satellite stabilization, Momentum wheel stabilization,
Station Keeping, Thermal Control, TT&C Subsystem, Transponders - The wideband receiver, the
input demultiplexer, the power amplifier, The Antenna Subsystem.
Receive-Only Home TV Systems - The outdoor unit, the indoor unit for analog (FM) TV, Master
Antenna TV System, Community Antenna TV System, Transmit-Receive Earth Stations

UNIT-IV
Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power, Transmission Losses, The Link-Power Budget Equation,
System Noise, Carrier-to-Noise Ratio, The Uplink - Saturation flux density, Input backoff,
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Downlink - Output back-off, Effects of rain – Uplink & Downlink rain-fade margin, Combined
Uplink and Downlink C/N Ratio Single Access, Preassigned FDMA, Demand-Assigned FDMA,
Spade System, TDMA, Preassigned TDMA, Demand-assigned TDMA, Satellite-Switched
Faculty of Engineering O.U. With effect from Academic Year 2020 – 21

TDMA,CDMA

UNIT-V
C-Band and Ku-Band Home Satellite TV, Digital DBS TV, DBS- TV System Design, DBS-TV
Link Budget, Error Control in Digital DBS-TV, Master Control Station and Uplink, Installation of
DBS-TV
Antennas, Satellite Radio Broadcasting, Digital Video Broadcast(DVB) Standards, Digital Video
Broadcast– Terrestrial (DVB-T) Satellite Mobile Services, VSATs, Radarsat, Global Positioning
Satellite System (GPS), Orbcomm, Iridium

Suggested Readings:
1. Dennis Roddy, “Satellite Communications”, 4th Edition, TataMcGraw-Hill.
2. Timothy Pratt, Charles Bostian, Jeremy Allnutt, “Satellite Communications”, 2nd Edition, John
Wiley &Sons.
3. Wilbur L. Pritchard, Henri G. Suyderhoud, Robert A. Nelson, “Satellite Communication Systems
Engineering”, 2nd Edition,Pearson
4. Tri T. Ha, Digital Satellite Communication, Tata McGraw- Hill, Special Indian Edition2009.
5. N. Agarwal, “Design of Geosynchronous Space Craft”, Prentice Hall,1986.

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