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Sixth Semester B.E. Degree Examinationo Dec.20l4lJan. 2015

Satellite Gommunication
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f; I a. bdsqribe the various services provided by the satellite with the frequency band designations.
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$= b. Define,t$quterms : i) Ascending node ii) Prograde orbit iii) mean appm{ly iv) true anomaly.
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c. Determine the -rate of regression of the nodes and the rate of roiafion of the line of apsidei
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for the satellite parameters, mean motion l4.23lday inclination 98.63, recentricty 00.001 I 5,
A, argument of perigee_ 113.55o, right ascension of the aseenting node 251.53'and constant
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gE ascending node one period after epoch. Constant F =E.986005 x l0ra m3/s2. (10 Marks)
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g? 2 a. What is sidereal time and mean solar time? Qiw.the relation between them. (05 Marks)

?E b. What is sun synchronous orbit?::Hothlit is achieved. (07 Marks)

Ef c' A geostationary satellite is locateh'at'7gW The average radius of the earth is 6371 km and
E! radius of the circular orbit is 42164."The earth station antenna is at latitude 35'N and
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l^-^i+,,-I^ 100'W. n. the dziffiuth, clevation range of the satellite. (08 Marks)
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3 a. Derive the noise temperaturo for an absorptive'"*twork. Show that at room temperature the
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A -' noise factor of a lossy network is equal to ih. pow6. lorr. (06 Marks)
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h A multiple carrier satellite circuit operates in tn6""6t+ GHz band with the following
iq F characteristics;uplink:saturation fluxdensity -67.t OgW*';input Bo l1 dB; free rpu..
; loss 196.7 dB, earih'iration G/T is 40.7 dBk-r. Constant k: l.3g x t0 -t, Jlk. The other
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the combined uplink and dorrydllink C,4rl ratio. (08 Marks)
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EEiE c. Find the rain attenuation for a frequency 12 GHz signal transmission from the earth station
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attitude'ff0''m and the antenna elevation is 50". The rain height is t.{ km and horizontal
;; polarization is used. The rainrate Ra.e1 : l5 mm/h and attenuation coefficients a6:0.0188,
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4 a. What are the -.----- of
-.- functions - TT and C subsystem? Explain with a neat block diagram, of
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c. Describe briefly how the beam shaping of a satellite antenna radiation pattern is achieved.
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PART _ B

5a. Describe the master antenna TV system and the community antenna TV system. (0S Marks)
b. Explain the transit -receive earth station with a detected block diagram. (07 Marks)
c. A geostationary satellite employs a 3.5 m parabolic antenna at a frequency of 12 GHz. Find
the -3 dB beam width and the spot diameter on the equator. (05 Marks)
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6 a. Explain the operation of a spade system along with the channeling scheme. (06 Marks)
b. Describe the operating principle of a TDMA network. How the transmission bit rate is
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'1;il:- A 14 GHz uplink operates with transmission losses 212 dB and a satellite tG/Rl l0 dp/k :
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The required uplink [EuA{o] is l2 dB.
- i) Assuming FDMA operation and on earth station uplink antenna gain of +o agl,,fio;1it;.
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constant t: t.:g x10-23 J/k
t'i);Ift!. downlink transmission rate is 74 dBb/s find the uplink power innbase required for
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beams. Hodfuy switching modes are required for full inter epfuctivity?
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b. Explain the DBffiquency plan for region 2. i "
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c. How the bit rate${phdigital television are determined? Co}npute the uncompressed bit rate
for SDTV format hAridg resolution 640 x 480 pixels at"30 frames per second out 16 bit per
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pixel. (06 Marks)
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8 a. Describe the operation of a tydcal VSAT hlong with its application. (08 Marks)
b. Explain the GPS system for posiq (05 Marks)
c. What is down to dusk orbit? W$/,.fu'%Ratarsat follows such an orbit? What are the
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