Satellite Communication
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Satellite Communication Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Satellite Communication (subject code 3720506) as prescribed for EACE · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 34 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3720506)Unit 1 SATELLITE ORBITS
- 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
Unit 2 RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION
- Signal impairment: Rain attenuation
- Atmospheric losses
- Ionospheric effects
- Antenna radiation patterns
- Antenna arrays
Unit 3 SPACE SEGMENT AND SATELLITE LINK DESIGN
- Spacecraft Technology- Structure
- Primary power
- Attitude and Orbit control
- Thermal control and Propulsion
- communication Payload and supporting subsystems
- 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
Unit 4 SATELLITE ACCESS
- Modulation and Multiplexing: Voice
- Analog – digital transmission system
- Digital video broadcast
- multiple access: FDMA
- Assignment Methods
- Spread Spectrum communication
- compression – encryption
Unit 5 EARTH SEGMENT 6 12
- Subject Code: 3720506 w.e.f
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