Communication Satellites Introduction Communications Satellites have been around since 1958. A communications satellite is a spacecraft that orbits the Earth and relays messages‚ radio‚ telephone and television signals. Stations on the ground‚ called earth stations‚ transmit signals to the satellite‚ which then relays the signal to other earth stations. As a newer form of communications‚ communications satellites are very useful in bringing the people in the world together. Communications between
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“computers” or “ice cream.” While these may be important‚ they are definitely not the most important. By far‚ satellites are the most important objects today. Most everything‚ including smartphones and computers‚ are present today because of satellites and have capabilities such as Wi-Fi and 4G because of the role satellites play. Even Socrates‚ who lived centuries before the first satellite‚ realized the importance of a view from space when he said‚ "Man must rise above the Earth…to the top of the
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Television is a powerful medium. However‚ Turkish viewers ignore Dutch television and point their dishes to receive TV-stations from their home country. The commercial Turkish stations are more popular than the state broadcast TRT INT‚ receivable through cable. Do these stations actually interfere with integration or are the Dutch stations not making enough efforts to attract Turkish viewer ship? TRT INT is the international TV-station of the Turkish state-owned broadcasting system TRT. It broadcasts
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SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS - AN OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION The outer space has always fascinated people on the earth and communication through space evolved as an offshoot of ideas for space travel. The earliest idea of using artificial satellites for communications is found in a science fiction Brick Moon by Edward Evert Hale‚ published in 1869-70. While the early fictional accounts of satellite and space communications bear little resemblance to the technology as it exists
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Overview Sirius XM has unique strengths that they can apply to help foster their future success. The company offers their customers premium and exclusive broadcasting services which include the NFL‚ MLB‚ NASCAR‚ NBA‚ NHL‚ traffic‚ weather‚ and more. In conjunction with being able to offer premium and exclusive broadcasts‚ Sirius XM is not restricted in their content to the extreme that free radio stations are subjected to. Sirius XM has the advantage of operating in an industry where the high barriers
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Satellite Communication Engineering Michael O. Kolawole Jolade Pty. Ltd. Melbourne‚ Australia Marcel Dekker‚ Inc. TM New York • Basel Copyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. ISBN: 0-8247-0777-X This book is printed on acid-free paper. Headquarters Marcel Dekker‚ Inc. 270 Madison Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10016 tel: 212-696-9000; fax: 212-685-4540 Eastern Hemisphere Distribution Marcel Dekker AG Hutgasse 4‚ Postfach 812‚ CH-4001 Basel‚ Switzerland tel: 41-61-261-8482; fax: 41-61-261-8896
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INTRODUCTION For three decades‚ satellite communications have been used for public switched telephone network (PSTN) and video broadcasting applications. However‚ with daily technology advancements made in society and the requirement for global data connectivity‚ satellites are increasingly being used to provide data communication links at all data rates ranging from 64 Kbps to 155 Mbps (Buchsbaum). Wireless technology allows data to be sent out into space to a satellite and back to earth to provide
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1 SATELLITE COMMUNICATION – AN INTRODUCTION Contents 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Basics 1.3 Applications of Satellites o Weather Forecasting o Radio and TV Broadcast o Military o Navigation o Global Telephone o Connecting Remote Areas o Global Mobile Communication 1.4 Frequency Allocation of Satellites 1.5 Types of Orbits o GEO o LEO o MEO o Sun Synchronous Orbit o Hohmann Transfer Orbit o Prograde Orbit o Retrograde Orbit o Polar Orbits 1.6 Examples o INTELSAT o U.S. Domsats o Polar Orbiting Satellites
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Subject : Introduction to satellite (SCM01D4) Introduction Eclipses can only occur when the Sun‚ Earth‚ and Moon are all in a straight line. Solar occur at new moon‚ when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth and in contrast‚ lunar eclipses occur at full moon‚ when Earth is between the Sun and Moon. The apparent size of the Moon is roughly the same as that of the Sun‚ with both being viewed at close
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Satellite Telecommunications Network and Telecommunications Concepts 360 September 11‚ 2005 Table of Contents Introduction Satellite Communications History Sputnik Changed Everything America ’s Response Future Trends in Satellite Communications GEO vs. LEO Bent-Pipe Satellite Relay vs. the Switch in the Sky Companies Involved in Satellite Communications Regulatory Issues in Satellite Communications Global implications for the
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