GROUP 1

PRESENTATION
USE OF MICROWAVE
SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
Microwaves and radio waves are used to
communicate with satellites. Microwaves pass
straight through the atmosphere and are
suitable for communicating with distant
geostationary satellites, while radio waves are
suitable for communicating with satellites in
low orbit.
how does satellite communication work ?

Satellites communicate by using radio waves to send

signals to the antennas on the Earth. The antennas then
capture those signals and process the information
coming from those signals.
What do they do?
Communications satellites are "space mirrors"
that can help us bounce radio, TV, Internet
data, and other kinds of information from one
side of Earth to the other.
Uplinks and downlinks
The communication going from a satellite to ground is called
downlink, and when it is going from ground to a satellite it is
called uplink. When an uplink is being received by the spacecraft
at the same time a downlink is being received by Earth, the
communication is called two-way.
Communications satellites bounce signals from one side
of Earth to the other, a bit like giant mirrors in space. A
ground-based satellite transmitter dish (red) beams a
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signal to the satellite's receiving dish (yellow). The
satellite boosts the signal and sends it back down to
Earth from its transmitter dish (red) to a receiving dish
somewhere else on Earth (yellow). Since the whole
process happens using radio waves, which travel at the
speed of light, a "satellite relay" of this kind usually takes
no more than a few seconds, at most. The various
transmitters and receivers on the satellite and on Earth
are examples of antennas.
How do satellites communicate
with each other?
Well, all satellites communicate with Earth through radio
signals, so there would be a radio transmitter on the satellite,
and that sends a signal down to a receiver on the ground.
... Satellites' radio signals are very much like your Wifi or
Bluetooth or your cell phone radio signals – they carry not
voice but data.