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LP: EC6004
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Rev. No:00
B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech : BE-EC Regulation:2013 Date:04/07/2016
PG Specialisation : Not Applicable
Sub. Code / Sub. Name : EC6004-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
Unit :I

UNIT – I SATELLITE ORBITS

Syllabus
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
Analysis of Satellite parameters and derive the equations of orbit studying the procedures
of launching.
Session Topics to be covered Ref Teaching
No. Method
1 Kepler’s laws T1 PPT

2 Newton’s Law, Definitions of Terms for Earth-orbiting T1,R8 PPT

Satellites orbital parameters
3 Orbital perturbations- effects of non-spherical earth, T1,R2 PPT
atmospheric drag, Station Keeping
4 Geo-stationary orbits & non geo-stationary orbits- T1,R2 PPT
geometry
5 Look Angle Determination, Limits of Visibility T1,R2,R3 PPT

6 Earth eclipse of satellites, Sub satellite point T1 PPT

7 Sun transit outage, Launching Procedures-Direct, T1,R1,R8 PPT

Insertion to GTO
8 Launch vehicles and propulsion-principles, rocket R1 PPT
equation, powered flight, injection into final orbit.
9 Problems T1,R1,R8 BB/PPT
Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):Equations of orbit

* Session duration: 50 minutes

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Sub. Code / Sub. Name: EC6004-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

Unit : II

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.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids
10 Space craft Design, Subsystems, structure primary T1 PPT
power estimating power needs
11 Solar array requirements Thermal Subsystem- T1 PPT
Control
12 Attitude and Orbit control subsystem T1 PPT

13 Telemetry Tracking & Command Subsystem, T1 PPT

attitude control, propulsion subsystems
14 Transponders- Wideband Receiver – Input T1 PPT
Demultiplexer,
15 Power Amplifier, Antenna Subsystem T1 PPT

CAT-I
16 Uplink-saturation flux density, input backoff, T1 BB/PPT

17 Downlink –output backoff, TWTA output, Link T1 BB/PPT

budget, E/N calculation
18 Performance impairments-system noise, inter T1 BB/PPT
modulation and interference, Propagation
Characteristics and Frequency considerations, System
reliability and design lifetime.
Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):Characteristics and behavior of communication channel.

* Session duration: 50 mins

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Sub. Code / Sub. Name: EC6004-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

Unit : III

UNIT III EARTH SEGMENT

Introduction – Receive – Only home TV systems – Outdoor unit – Indoor unit for analog (FM)
TV – Master antenna TV system – Community antenna TV system – Transmit – Receive earth
stations – Problems – Equivalent isotropic radiated power – Transmission losses – Free-space
transmission – Feeder losses – Antenna misalignment losses – Fixed atmospheric and ionospheric
losses – Link power budget equation – System noise – Antenna noise – Amplifier noise
temperature – Amplifiers in cascade – Noise factor – Noise temperature of absorptive networks –
Overall system noise temperature – Carrierto- Noise ratio – Uplink – Saturation flux density –
Input back off – The earth station - HPA – Downlink – Output back off – Satellite TWTA output –
Effects of rain – Uplink rain– Fade margin – Downlink rain – Fade margin – Combined uplink
and downlink C/N ratio – Inter modulation noise.
Objective
To study about Earth Segment and Test equipment measurements.

Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids

19 Introduction – Receive – Only home TV systems – Outdoor 4 PPT

unit – Indoor unit for analog (FM) TV
20 Master antenna TV system – Community antenna TV system T1 PPT
– Transmit – Receive earth stations – Problems
21 Equivalent isotropic radiated power – Transmission losses – T1 PPT
Free-space transmission

22 Feeder losses – Antenna misalignment losses – Fixed T1 PPT

atmospheric and ionospheric losses

23 Link power budget equation – System noise – Antenna noise T1,R1,R2,R3 PPT
– Amplifier noise temperature

24 Amplifiers in cascade – Noise factor – Noise temperature of T1,R6 PPT

absorptive networks

25 Overall system noise temperature – Carrier-to- Noise ratio – T1,R6 PPT

Uplink – Saturation flux density

26 Input back off – The earth station - HPA – Downlink – Output T1,R1 PPT
back off – Satellite TWTA output – Effects of rain – Uplink
rain– Fade margin
27 Downlink rain – Fade margin – Combined uplink and R9 PPT
downlink C/N ratio – Inter modulation noise
Content beyond syllabus covered (if any): nil

* Session duration: 50 mins

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Sub. Code / Sub. Name: EC6004-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

Unit : IV

UNIT – IV 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 evaluate various analog and digital modulation, multiplexing and multiple access techniques and
design communication link budget accordingly.
Session Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids
28 Modulation-Frequency modulation –waveform R5,R6,R7,R8 PPT
equation, carson’s rules
29 Digital transmission-baseband transmission, band R4, R7,R8 PPT
pass transmission, transmission of QPSK signals
30 Analog FM transmission, TV signals, SNR ratio for R4, R5,R8 PPT
FM video transmission
31 Baseband signals- voice, data, digital transmission R4, R6,R8 PPT
system, Digital video Broadcast
32 Multiple Access-FDMA-MCPC, SCPC, trade-off T1,R6 PPT
analysis, disadvantages
CAT-II

33 TDMA-preamble & postamble, carrier recovery, T1 PPT

unique word detection, speech interpolation
34 Preassigned TDMA, Demand-assigned TDMA T1 PPT

35 CDMA- Direct sequence spread spectrum T1 PPT

36 Spread spectrum communication-Types, Direct T1,R7 PPT

sequence, frequency hopping, compression –
encryption
Content beyond syllabus covered (if any):Very broad comparison of access techniques

* Session duration: 50 mins

Sub. Code / Sub. Name: EC6004-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

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Unit : V

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 Teaching
Topics to be covered Ref
No * Aids
37 INTELSAT Series, INSAT T1 ICT/PPT

38 VSAT, Mobile satellite servies-GSM T1 PPT

39 GPS, INMARSAT, LEO, MEO T1 PPT

40 Satellite Navigational System, DBS T1 PPT

41 Direct to home Broadcast (DTH) R4 PPT

42 Digital audio broadcast (DAB) R4 PPT

43 World space services, Business TV(BTV) R4 PPT

44 GRAMSAT, Specialized services – Email R4 PPT

45 Video conferencing, Internet R4 PPT

Content beyond syllabus covered (if any): nil

* Session duration: 50 mins

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Sub Code / Sub Name: EC6004-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

TEXT BOOK:

1. Dennis Roddy, “Satellite Communication”, 4th Edition, Mc Graw Hill International, 2006. 86

REFERENCES:
1. Wilbur L.Pritchard, Hendri G. Suyderhoud, Robert A. Nelson, “Satellite Communication Systems
Engineering”, Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2007.
2. N.Agarwal, “Design of Geosynchronous Space Craft”, Prentice Hall, T1986.
3. Bruce R. Elbert, “The Satellite Communication Applications”, Hand Book, Artech House Bostan
London, T1997.
4. Tri T. Ha, “Digital Satellite Communication”, II nd edition, T1990.
5. Emanuel Fthenakis, “Manual of Satellite Communications”, Mc Graw Hill Book Co., T1984.
6. Robert G. Winch, “Telecommunication Trans Mission Systems”, Mc Graw-Hill Book Co., T1983.
7. Brian Ackroyd, “World Satellite Communication and earth station Design”, BSP professional Books,
T1990.
8. G.B.Bleazard, “Introducing Satellite communications“, NCC Publication, T1985.
9. M.Richharia, “Satellite Communication Systems-Design Principles”, Macmillan 2003.

* If the same lesson plan is followed in the subsequent semester/year it should be mentioned and signed by
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Name M.H.MASOOD Dr.S.MUTHUKUMAR

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Date 04.07.2016 04.07.2016

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* If the same lesson plan is followed in the subsequent semester/year it should be

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