Basic Principles: General features, frequency allocation for satellite services, properties of satellite communication systems.

Satellite Orbits: Introduction, Kepler's laws, orbital dynamics, orbital characteristics, satellite spacing and orbital capacity, angle of elevation, eclipses, launching and positioning, satellite drift and station keeping.

Satellite Construction (Space Segment): Introduction; attitude and orbit control system; telemetry, tracking and command; power systems, communication subsystems, antenna subsystem, equipment reliability and space qualification.

Satellite Links: Introduction, general link design equation, system noise temperature, uplink design, downlink design, complete link design, effects of rain.

Earth Station: Introduction, earth station subsystem, different types of earth stations.

The Space Segment Access and Utilization: Introduction, space segment access methods, TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, SDMA, assignment methods. The Role and Application of Satellite Communication.

Same as Reference

1. Satellite Communications, Timothy Pratt, Charles W. Bostian, John Wiley & Sons.

2. Satellite Communications, Dennis Roddy, 3rd Ed., Mc. Graw-Hill International Ed. 2001.

3. Satellite Communication Systems Engineering, W. L. Pritchard, J. A. Sciulli, Prentice- Hall, Inc., NJ.

4. Satellite Communication Engineering, M. O. Kolawole, Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY.