Starting with Sir Arthur C Clarke’s idea of the Geostationary satellites providing global communications, the evolution of satellite communication has been phenomenal and has been time-tested over almost six decades as a significant means of communication beyond the horizon. With the advent of High Throughput broadband Satellites and LEO Constellations in the New Space regime, a revolution has taken place in recent years, anticipating a prospect of its growing into a multibillion-dollar industry in recent future. Like in the other space related activities, the recent reforms in space sector in India has opened up numerous possibilities for the private initiatives, startups and academia to participate actively in the field of satellite communication. The present workshop will introduce the fundamental principles of designing a satellite communications system, covering all the significant elements viz, Orbit Geometry of satellites, On-board bus and payload systems, Ground systems, Signal structure & Digital modulations, RF Link engineering including propagation effects, interference effects, usage of RF spectrum, advance systems of High Throughput Satellites and LEO Constellations.

Upon completion of this course, the attendees will be able to:

• Understand the basics principles behind satellite technology and applications.
• Understand the key features, analysis, design and engineering of communications systems & subsystems.
• Analyse the functional architecture of satellite communications.
• Apply the systems engineering methods in the context of satellite communications.
• Integrate and apply the key principles of satellite communication such as issues related to frequency spectrum, digital modulation techniques, Performance objectives, Figures of merit of the receive and transmit systems, constellation diagrams, link budget design, RF systems, antenna principles etc.

Format:
Total duration of the session will be 2 hours, divided into four sessions, each of 30 minutes. The first session to cover introductory part including the communication architecture, Orbit geometry, on-board systems. The second session to cover the Payload RF elements and their characteristics and the Earth stations. The third session will introduce the essentials of RF Spectrum, communication signal structure & digital modulations, concept of link design & figures of merit. The fourth session will address the advanced concepts of HTS and LEO constellations and various types of applications with use cases. Each session will be followed by a brief question-answer session.

Target Audience:
This workshop is designed for an audience group of students, professionals working in the field of Satcom engineering and also for the start-ups in this field.