1. Introduction to Satellite Communication : Principles and architecture of satellite communication, Brief history of satellite systems, advantages, disadvantages, applications and frequency bands used for satellite communication. (Chapter - 1) 2. Orbital Mechanics : Orbital equations, Kepler’s laws, Apogee and Perigee for an elliptical orbit, evaluation of velocity, orbital period, angular velocity etc. of a satellite, concepts of Solar day and Sidereal day. (Chapter - 2) 3. Satellite sub-systems : Study of architecture and roles of various sub-systems of a satellite system such as Telemetry, tracking, command and monitoring (TTC&M),Attitude and orbit control system (AOCS),Communication sub-system, power sub-system etc. (Chapter - 3) 4. Typical Phenomena in Satellite Communication : Solar Eclipse on satellite, its effects, remedies for eclipse, sun transit outage phenomena, its effects and remedies, Doppler frequency shift phenomena and expression for Doppler shift. (Chapter - 4) 5. Satellite link budget : Flux density and received signal power equations, Calculation of system noise temperature for satellite receiver, noise power calculation, Drafting of satellite link budget and C/N ratio calculations in clean air and rainy conditions. (Chapter - 5) 6. Modulation and Multiple Access Schemes : Various modulation schemes used in satellite communication, Meaning of multiple access, Multiple access schemes based on time, frequency and code sharing namely TDMA, FDMA and CDMA. (Chapter - 6)
