INTELSAT • International Telecommunications Satellite • Organization -created in 1964 and 140 member countries • It handles the technical and administrative problems associated with a world wide telecommunications systems. • July 2001 INTELSAT - private company • May 2002 the company -providing end-
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INTELSAT• International Telecommunications Satellite
• Organization -created in 1964 and 140 member countries • It handles the technical and administrative problems associated with a world wide telecommunications systems.
• July 2001 INTELSAT - private company
• May 2002 the company -providing end-to-end solutions through a network of Teleports, leased fiber, and points of presence (PoPs) around the globe.
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• INTELSAT -I was launched (Early Bird satellite) -1965 and provided 480 voice channels.
• The series of satellites were INTELSAT –I,II,III,IV,V and VII.
• The capacity - number of voice channels, increased as well as the design lifetime.
• These satellites are in geostationary orbit, meaning that they appear to be stationary in relation to the earth.
• INTELSAT covers three main regions- AOR, IOR and POR
Evolution of INTELSAT satellites
INTELSAT VI-VII/A seriesINTELSAT VII • February 1997 to June 1998 , lifetime - 14 to 17 years
• The construction is similar to that for the V and VA/VB series
• Capacity - 18,000 two-way telephone circuits and three TV channels;
- up to 90,000 two-way telephone circuits can be achieved with the use of “digital circuit multiplication”.
• VII series has solar sails rather than a cylindrical body
CONT.,• The VII series - service in the POR and also for some of the less demanding services in the AOR
• Antenna beam footprints for the C-band hemispheric cover- age and zone coverage and the spot beam coverage possible with the Ku-band antennas
• In POR, C band (6/4) MHZ antennas and Ku band (14/12) MHZ Antennas are used.• Based on number of satellites, system includes ground
spares and orbiting spares.• In 1992 INTELSAT had 6 satellites in AOR – at degrees east longitude (307,325.5, 332.5, 338.5, 341.5, 359)
• 3 in IOR –at degrees 60,63,66
• 3 in POR – at degrees 174,177 ,180
• Traffic in AOR – 3 times of IOR twice of IOR and POR combined
INTELSAT VII/A
• Capacity - 22,500 two-way telephone circuits and three TV channels; up to 1,12500 two-way tele- phone circuits can be achieved with the use of digital circuit multiplication
• Services - Internet, DTH TV, tele-medicine, tele-education, and interactive video and multimedia.
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Cont.,Transponder
• One 36 MHz transponder is capable of carrying about 9000 voice channels, or two analog TV channels, or about eight digital TV channels.
USES
- domestic services within any given country - and regional services between countries - vista application (f-1.4)
U.S. Domsat• Provide various telecommunications services, such as voice, data, and video transmissions, within a country.
• Geostationary orbit
• TV channels, and carrying a large amount of commercial telecommunications traffic.
• Provide a DTH television service
Classification
• High power, medium power and low power• EIRP - 60 dBW for the high-power category • 37 dBW for the low- power category, a difference of 23 dB.
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• High-power category, which allows much smaller antennas to be used with the receiver.
• High-power category - DBS service.
• Medium-power category- point-to-point services,
• Low-power category - no official DBS services are provided a wide range of radio and TV programming could be received on this band.
• North American C-band TV broadcasts are now encrypted, or scrambled, to prevent unauthorized access
These satellites are in geostationary orbit• Broadband services- Internet at Ka-band frequencies.
orbital spacing
• U.S. FCC (Federal communications commission) adopted a policy 2° for satellites operating in the 6/4- Ghz (C band) 1.5° for those operating in the 14/12-GHz (Ku band)
• Interference - acceptable interference levels
• Home satellite receivers - 6/4-GHz band - excessive interference at 2° spacing
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To cover the north and south polar regions.
RUSSIA -uses the highly elliptical orbits to cover the northern region.
In fig.1.6 only one geostationary orbit, but an infinite number of polar orbits
Orbits are generally LEO- So we call the polar orbiting satellites are LEOSAT.
• Height of the orbit- 800 -900 Km above the earth compared to Geostationary orbit.
• Height of Geostationary orbit-36,000 Km above the earth
Polar orbiting satellites
• Generally Low earth orbit -circular orbit (SUN SYNCHRONOUS
ORBIT)- They cross the equator at the same local time.
• In U.S -weather satellite services – National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)
• 1. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space and Administration) 2. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) – Manages the program for series of Satellites known as Tiros-n- series.• Tiros- Television and infrared observational satellite, mission of NOAA – Environmental monitoring• List of Instruments 1. AVHRR- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. 2. SBUV Mod2 - Solar Backscatter ultraviolet radiometer mod2
• Argos data collection system (DCS)- collects environmental data.
• PTT (Platform transmitter terminal)-located at the polar region. • NOAA satellites help locate ships and aircraft in distress. This service is known as SARSAT
• Application : Search and rescue satellites
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COSPAS-SARSAT• Combined system of Russian and SARSAT.
• The satellite receives signal from an emergency beacon set off automatically at distress site.
• Satellites moves at velocity relative to the beacon.
• If received frequency >transmitted frequency of the satellite- so satellite approaches the beacon, otherwise recedes from the beacon.
• Whether beacon –east or west of the orbit.
• Doppler shift can’t determined by single pass.
• Two successive passes, Doppler shift can be determined.
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Fig. Doppler shift in received frequency on successive passes of the satellite. ELT—emergency locator transmitter.
Kepler’s First law
• It states that the path followed by the satellite around the primary will be an ellipse.
• F1 & F2 – Focal points• The center of mass of the two body system
termed the Barycenter.• Enormous difference between the masses of
the earth and the satellite, the center of mass coincides with the center of the earth.
• which is therefore always at one of the foci
Fig. The foci F1 and F2, the semimajor axis a and the semiminor axis b of an ellipse
Cont.,• Eccentricity e= squart(a2 - b2 )/a
• The semimajor axis of the ellipse is denoted by a, and the semiminor axis, by b.
• For an elliptical orbit, 0 < e < 1.
• When e = 0, the orbit becomes circular.
Kepler’s Second law• It states that, for equal time intervals, a satellite
will sweep out equal areas in its orbital plane, focused at the barycenter.
• Assuming the satellite travels distances S1 and S2 meters in 1 s, then the areas A1 and A2 will be equal.
• Average velocity in each case is S1 and S2 m/s
• The satellite takes longer to travel a given distance when it is farther away from earth
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Kepler’s Third law• Kepler’s third law states that the square of the
periodic time of orbit is proportional to the cube of the mean distance between the two bodies
• The mean distance is equal to the semimajor axis a.
• a3 = μ/n2, μ= 3.986005 1014 m3/s2
• where n is the mean motion of the satellite in radians per second and is the earth’s geocentric gravitational constant
• With n in radians per second, the orbital period in seconds is given by P =2n
Definitions of Terms for Earth-orbiting Satellites
• Sub satellite path: This is the path traced out on the earth’s surface directly below the satellite.
• Apogee: The point farthest from earth. Apogee height is shown as ha in Fig. below
• Perigee: The point of closest approach to earth. The perigee height is shown as hp in Fig. below
Apogee height ha, perigee height hp, and inclination i. la is the line of apsides
Cont.,• Line of apsides: The line joining the perigee
and apogee through the center of the earth.
• Ascending node: The point where the orbit crosses the equatorial plane going from south to north.
• Descending node: The point where the orbit crosses the equatorial plane going from north to south.
Cont.,• Line of nodes: The line joining the
ascending and descending nodes through the center of the earth.
• Inclination:
1. The angle between the orbital plane
and the earth’s equatorial plane.
2. It is measured at the ascending node
from the equator to the orbit, going
from east to north.
Cont.,• Prograde orbit:
1. An orbit in which the satellite moves in the
same direction as the earth’s rotation.
2. The prograde orbit is also known as a direct
orbit.
3. The inclination of a prograde orbit always lies between 0° and 90°.
4.Most satellites are launched in a prograde
orbit.
Fig. Prograde and retrograde orbits
Cont.,• Retrograde orbit:
1.An orbit in which the satellite moves in a direction counter to the earth’s rotation, as shown in Fig.
2.The inclination of a retrograde orbit always lies between 90° and 180°.
• Argument of perigee: The angle from ascending node to perigee, measured in the orbital plane at the earth’s center, in the direction of satellite motion. The argument of perigee is shown as w in Fig.
Fig. The argument of perigee w and the right ascension
of the ascending node Ω.
Cont.,• Right ascension of the ascending node:
1. To define completely the position of the orbit in space, the position of the ascending node is specified.
2. However, because the earth spins, while the orbital plane remains stationary.
3. For absolute measurement, fixed reference –required.
4. Reference chosen – “FIRST POINT OF ARIES”
5. Vernal equinox –sun crosses the equator from S to N.
Cont., • Mean anomaly:
Mean anomaly M gives an average value of the angular position of the satellite with reference to the perigee
• True anomaly:
1. The true anomaly is the angle from perigee to the
satellite position, measured at the earth’s center.
2. This gives the true angular position of the satellite
in the orbit as a function of time.
Orbital Elements-Six Orbital elements
• Six orbital elements referred “keplerian element set”.
1. The semimajor axis a and the eccentricity e –
give the shape of the ellipse.
2. The mean anomaly M0--- gives the
position of the satellite in its orbit at a
reference time known as the epoch.
CONT.,• The argument of perigee ω -- gives the
rotation of the orbit’s perigee point relative to the orbit’s line of nodes in the earth’s equatorial plane.
• The inclination i and the right ascension of the ascending node Ω-gives the orbital plane’s position to the earth
Apogee and Perigee Heights
• Along with orbital elements, the apogee height and perigee height are often required.
• The length of the radius vectors at apogee and perigee can be obtained from the geometry of the ellipse
• ra= a(1+e) ha= ra-RR=earth
• rp = a(1-e) hb=rb-R radious
• The apogee and perigee heights, the radius of the earth must be subtracted from the radii lengths