EC6004 UNIT I SEC/ECE/S.

HARIPRASATH

Antenna Look angles

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Near Geostationary orbits

There are number of perturbing forces that act on satellite which force the orbit to deviate from
the ideal geostationary orbit. So the orbit with small inclination is called geo synchronous or
near geostationary orbit. But some geosynchronous satellites are in elliptical orbits. Hence all
geo synchronous satellites are not near geostationary satellites.

For the near geostationary orbits and satellites, the sub satellite point and true anomaly are
given as follows

EC6004 Satellite Communication

Assignment I:

1. Explain the launching procedures and launching vehicles in detail.

2. Explain the steps of launching INTELSAT V satellite.
3. An Earth station is located at latitude 350N and longitude 650E. Calculate the antenna look
angles for a satellite at 190E
4. An Earth station is located at latitude 300S and longitude 1300E. Calculate the antenna look
angles for a satellite at 1560E