Subject Code: EC6L018	Name: Satellite Communication	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Introduction,  general overview, types of satellite communications systems, historical developments Link budgets:  antennas, propagation, noise, c0/n0, c/n calculation, transmitters, propagation and rain, receivers, lnas, figure of merit, total system performance. Orbital mechanics:  basic equations,  special orbits, geometry and movement , constellations, real world effects Rf and licensing issues : spectrum allocations, modulation, multiplexing, multiple access Current and future trends Spectrum sharing, additional noise issues, interference and coordination, telemetry and tracking, power limitations, reliability Prerequisites: None  Text/Reference Books: Principles of Communications Satellites, by G. Gordon and W. Morgan Don I Dalgleish “An Introduction to Satellite Communications”: IET Publisher Dennis Roddy, “Satellite Communication,” ,Tata McGraw-Hill Education