UNIT -I

1. What are the principles of satellite communication?

2. What are the elements of satellite communication systems explain with diagram?
3. What type of signals are used in satellite communications?
4. What are the most important applications of satellite communications?
5. What are the advantages of satellite communications?
6. What are the disadvantages of satellite communications?
7. Which frequency is used in satellite communication?
8. What are the 4 types of satellites?
9. What do you mean by geo synchronous satellite?
10. What is difference between geosynchronous and geostationary?
11. What satellites are in MEO?
12. What is the difference between LEO and GEO satellites?
13. Prove that height of GEO satellite is 35838Km
14. What are the advantages and disadvantage of GEO?
15. What are the advantages and disadvantage of MEO?
16. What are the advantages and disadvantage of LEO?
17. What are the advantages and disadvantage of HEO?
UNIT –II
1. What is orbital mechanics in satellite communication?
2. What are the possible orbits in satellite communication?
3. What is apogee and perigee in satellite communication?
4. What is difference between perihelion and perigee?
5. What are Kepler's three laws and how are they related to satellites?
6. Considering the space shuttle circular orbit with height of 250 km and earth radius of
6378 km, calculate i) Orbital Period ii) Average Linear Velocity
7. If radius to satellite (rs) = 42,164 km and radius of earth (re) = 6,378.14 km then find
the Elevation and Azimuth angle for the following case;
Earth Station Latitude = 520 N
Earth Station Longitude = 00
Satellite Latitude = 00
Satellite Longitude = 660 E
8. What is meant by look angle in satellite communication?
9. How do you find the look angle of a satellite?
10. How do you find the angle of Elevation?
11. What is called a solar day in satellite communication?
12. What is sidereal day in satellite communication?
13. How to calculate latitude and longitude
14. Explain different orbital parameters?
15. The satellite in earth orbit has a semi-major axis of 6700km and eccentricity of 0.01.
Calculate the satellite altitude at perigee and apogee.
16. A satellite is in an elliptical orbit with a perigee of 1000km and an apogee of 4000km.
using the mean earth radius of 6378.14km, find the period of the orbit in seconds and
the eccentricity of the orbit.
17. Calculate the radius of orbit for a earth satellite in a geosynchronous orbit, where the
earth’s rotational period is 86164.1 secs.

Unit-III

1. What is free space propagation equation for Friis formula?

2. What is Doppler effect? Explain concept of Doppler frequency shift in details
3. Explain the solar eclipse phenomena in satellite communication
4. Explain the sun transit outage phenomena in satellite communication
5. Explain the solar eclipse phenomena in satellite communication
6. Explain the range variation phenomena in satellite communication
7. Explain the solar eclipse phenomena in satellite communication
8. What is meant by satellite launching vehicle?
9. What are the types of launch vehicles used for satellite launching?
10. What is difference between launch vehicle and rocket?
11. Explain expendable Launch Vehicles(ELV)
12. Explain Reusable Launch Vehicle(RLV)
13. What are the advantages of RLV.
14. What are the disadvantages of ELV.
15. Explain the launching procedure of satellite.
16. Explain stages involved in launching satellite.
17. A low earth orbit satellite is in a circular polar orbit with an altitude of
1000km. A transmitter on satellite has a frequency of 2.65GHz. Find
i) Velocity of satellite in orbit.
ii) The component of satellite towards an observer at an earth station
as satellite appear over the horizon, for an observer who is in the
plane of satellite
iii) Hence find the Doppler shift of received signal at the earth station
(r =6378km)
iv) Find the Doppler shift of this signal when it is received by same
observer.