These two 90-minute (plus Q&A) webinars presented the basic principles involved in satellite communications, starting with a definition of key terms and an explanation of the principles involved in the modulation, coding, and transmission of information. The major elements involved in both satellite communication payloads and earth terminals were explained, with emphasis on the antennas and power amplifiers that play such a major role in making satellite communications possible.
Learning Objectives
- Satellite Communications Terms and Concepts
- Information and its modulation, coding, and transmission
- Repeaters, Antennas and Power Amplifiers
- Frequency Re-use and Multiple Access
- Earth Stations and Terminals
- Link Budgets
Audience
The course material is intended to allow engineers working in other fields to gain an overall understanding of satellite communications, however its prime purpose is to give a relatively broad overview of the field rather than presenting any rigorous mathematical justification of the concepts covered, so it should also be suitable for a more general audience with even a relatively limited technical background.
Instructor
Edward Ashford, Ashford Aerospace Consulting, Inc., has more than 45 years of aerospace experience, of which some 35, at ESA, Lockheed-Martin, and SES-Global, were devoted to communication satellites. He is the author of one book on the history and characteristics of communication satellites, and co-author/contributing author of two others on their basic operating principles and services. He is the director of the Delft University of Technology’s masters course on space systems engineering and a lecturer there on communications satellite topics.
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