ECE 138 Quiz/Assignment on SATCOMMS Write your answers on a long newsprint. Submit on January 14.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Orbital Position of Agila 2. Satellite that was able to broadcast President Eisenhowers Christmas Message in 1958. Geographical representation of a satellites antenna radiation pattern. Satellite that was first to succeed in transatlantic transmission of video. Point on the surface of the earth directly below the satellite Device that can measure the angle of antenna axis from the horizontal. The line joining the perigee and apogee through the center of the earth. Total Number of Ku Band transponders in Agila 2. Considered as the minimum acceptable angle of elevation. Adjusting the orbit of a geostationary satellite so that it appears to remain stationary above a point on earth. Height of MEOs. Three axes of a Satellite. Highly elliptical orbit that permits adjustments to the satellite to be made prior to its being placed into its final position. Launch vehicle of Agila 2. Organization that provides voice and data services for aeronautical mobile communications and ships at sea. Satellites orientation in space. Angle of inclination with respect to the equatorial plane for elliptical orbit. Organization that pioneered DomSat communications. First weather satellite. Launch Date of Agila 2.

Problem Solving: (Box all final answers.) 1. Calculate the free space spreading loss to a geostationary satellite at 6105 MHz when the elevation angle is 23. 2. The moon orbits the earth with a period of approximately 28 days. How far away is it? 3. Calculate the radius of orbit for an earth satellite in a geosynchronous orbit, where the earth's rotational period is 86,164 seconds. 4. A satellite in earth orbit passes through its perigee point at an altitude of 200 km above the earth's surface and at a velocity of 7,850 m/s. Calculate the apogee altitude of the satellite and the eccentricity of the orbit. 5. An uplink transmitter operates at 6GHz with a transmitter power of 10kW and an antenna gain of 50 dBi. The receiver on the geostationary satellite has an antenna gain of 40 dBi. The elevation angle to the satellite from the ground station is 45. What is the received signal strength at the satellite?