Satellite navigation Overview

EBook Description: Satellite navigation is a leading-edge technology which allows anyone with a receiver to determine their position very accurately at any time by picking up signals from a constellation of several satellites. Currently, the United States Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS system are the only operational Satellite navigation systems.

Like cellular systems, except that the base stations (i.e., satellites) move as will as mobile devices.

Optimizing Satellite Communication With Adaptive and Phased Array Antennas

Notes on Optimizing Satellite Communication With Adaptive and Phased Array Antennas.

Satellite Communications Tutorial [PDF 12p]

This tutorials discusses the key areas of satellite communications, discussing the various elements of a satellite communications system eg antennas, path loss etc. The communication system elements can then be connected together and analysed to determine a link budget.

Satellite Communications Fundamentals [PDF 89p]

Notes on Satellite Communications Fundamentals.

Essentials of Satellite Navigation [PDF 132p]

Notes on Essentials of Satellite Navigation.

Satellite Communications [PDF 14p]

The satellite itself is also known as the space segment, and is composed of three separate units, namely the fuel system, the satellite and telemetry controls, and the transponder. The transponder includes the receiving antenna to pick-up signals from the ground station, a broad band receiver, an input multiplexer, and a frequency converter which is used to reroute the received signals through a high powered amplifier for downlin.

Introduction to Global Satellite Systems

Several different types of global satellite communications systems are in various stages of development. Each system, either planned or existing, has a unique configuration optimized to support a unique business plan based on the services offered and the markets targeted.

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AN OVERVIEW (DOC)

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 to day, they are of significance since they represent the origins of the idea from which the technology eventually evolved.

Introduction to Satellite Communication (PDF 38p)

The satellite communication industry has grown tremendously since the first edition of this text, and with it the number of professionals and the range of activities have grown as well.

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