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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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 communication‚ in telecommunications‚ is the use of artificial satellites to provide communication links between various points on Earth. Satellite communications play a vital role in the global telecommunications system. Approximately 2‚000 artificial satellites orbiting Earth relay analog and digital signals carrying voice‚ video‚ and data to and from one or many locations worldwide. Satellite communication has two main components: the ground segment‚ which consists of fixed or mobile
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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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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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Broadcasting speech Good morning and thank you for listening to w-meg 87.9 fm. I’m Caitlin Sholar For international news… Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi called for a national dialogue to solve the current political crisis during a live televised address to the nation Thursday. His comments follow overnight clashes between his supporters and opposition protesters outside the presidential palace in Cairo‚ which claimed the lives of at least six people and left hundreds more wounded. For national
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History of television broadcasting 1950s During the 1950s‚ the University of Santo Tomas and Feati University were experimenting with television. UST demonstrated its home-made receiver‚ while Feati opened an experimental television station two years later. On October 23‚ 1953‚ the Alto Broadcasting System (ABS)‚ the forerunner of ABS-CBN‚ made its first telecast as DZAQ-TV Channel 3. The ABS offices were then located along Roxas Blvd. ABS was owned by Antonio Quirino‚ brother of former president
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Chapter #1-What is Satellite Radio? People all around the world have their favorite radio stations that are preset into car radios‚ flipping between them driving to and from work‚ on errands and around town. The only problem is‚ when traveling too far away from the source station‚ the signal breaks up and fades into static. Most radio signals can only travel about 30 or 40 miles from their source‚ in big market areas. Looking around Canada‚ there are many areas where terrestrial radio is just not
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History of Satellite Communications The first idea of satellite communication came from an article in 1945 named Wireless World‚ where Author C. Clarke described the use of manned satellites in 24 hour orbits to distribute television programs. However‚ the first person to carefully evaluate the technical and financial aspects of such a venture was John R. Pierce of Bell Telephone Laboratories (Whalen‚ n.d.). In a 1954 speech and 1955 article‚ Pierce described the usefulness of a communications
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Satellite imagery The first images from space were taken on the sub-orbital V-2 rocket flight launched by the U.S. on October 24‚ 1946. Satellite imagery consists of images of Earth or other planets collected by artificial satellites. History[edit] The satellite images were made from pixels. The first crude image taken by the satellite Explorer 6 shows a sunlit area of the Central Pacific Ocean and its cloud cover. The photo was taken when the satellite was about 17‚000 mi (27‚000
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