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⚫ Power Subsystems
⚫ Attitude & orbit control subsystems
⚫ Telemetry, Tracking & Command subsystems
⚫ Communication subsystems
⚫ Antenna Subsystems
Primary power or Power supply
•If the earth’s equatorial plane coincides with the plane of earth’s
orbit around sun, the geostationary orbit will be eclipsed by the
earth. This is called the earth eclipse of satellite.
•For a geostationary satellite, the solar eclipse due to earth occurs
during two periods that begin 23 days before equinox and ends 23
days after equinox. Because during equinox (autumn and spring)
the sun, earth and the satellite are in the same plane.
•Solar eclipses are important as they affect the working of the
satellite because during eclipse satellite receives no power from its
solar panels and it must operate on its onboard standby batteries
which reduce satellite life
Primary power or Power supply