SATCOM Training – Satellite Communications Training:

SATCOM Training or Satellite Communications Training Course with Hands-On Exercises (Online, Onsite, and Classroom Live)

This three-day Satellite Communication Training Essentials course reviews the essential elements of all satellite communications systems, with an emphasis on system design and performance. The objective is to inform new engineers and other professionals as well as those knowledgeable in specific technical and business areas by covering the technical characteristics of each aspect of the space and ground system, and showing how they relate to each other.

The fundamental connection is the radio link between the satellite and the earth station, which is covered in detail. The basic design of the satellite and earth station are covered to identify primary elements of each and to compare alternatives that have been and continue to be employed in real systems. These include geostationary satellites and non-geostationary constellations that are currently in development.

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Satellite Communications Training Essentials cover the following topics:

• Satellite Communications Training Essentials: Satellite Systems, Services, and Regulation
• Satellite Communications Training Essentials: Technical Fundamentals
• Satellite Communications Essentials: The Space Segment
• Satellite Communications Essentials: The Ground Segment
• Satellite Communications Essentials: The Satellite Earth Link
• And More…

What’s Included?

• 3 days of Satellite Communications Training Essentials with an expert instructor
• Satellite Communications Training Essentials Course Guide
• Certificate of Completion
• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

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SATCOM Training – Customize It:

• If you are familiar with some aspects of SATCOM Training or Satellite Communications Training, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
• We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the SATCOM Training or Satellite Communications Training course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
• If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the SATCOM Training or Satellite Communications Training course in a manner understandable to lay audiences.

SATCOM Training – Audience / Target Group:

The target audience for this SATCOM Training course is defined here:

The target audience for this Satellite Communications Essentials course:

• Engineers
• Technical managers
• Technicians
• Logistics and support
• Pilots
• Procurement

SATCOM Training – Objectives:

Upon completing this Satellite Communications Essentials course, learners will be able to meet these objectives:

• How satellite communications relate to other forms of wireless systems that are used to provide one-way broadcasting and two-way interactive services, especially those delivered through the global Internet
• The framework that defines the properties of the satellite itself as part of the system and as governed by international rules and regulations, and as offered by commercial operators around the world
• The types of earth stations used to employ space resources, particularly very small aperture terminals (VSATs) for fixed and mobile users, and larger stations used as hubs and gateways
• The basic principles of radio-wave propagation and the link budget, establish whether the connection between user and satellite will work as required
• The tradeoffs among the various orbits, frequency bands, and modulation and coding technologies needed to realize the required services via the satellite link
• The evolution of this technology in a changing world

SATCOM Training – Course Outlines:

Introduction

• Different types of satellite orbits and payloads
• Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) system
• Low Earth Orbit (LEO) system
• Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) system
• Major categories of satellite services defined by ITU
• Broadcasting Satellite Service
• Mobile Satellite Service
• Fixed Satellite Service
• Satellite communications systems engineering principals
• Digital Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV
• VSAT services
• 2-way interactive services
• Mobile communications technologies
• Service and performance requirements

Planning and Design (Earth & Planetary)

• Satellite constellations
• Satellite orbits
• Orbital mechanics basics
• Satellite coverage
• Space environment orbit and attitude determination and analysis
• Propulsion system
• Spacecraft operations and automation
• Spacecraft navigation
• Coverage and communication analysis

Satellite Communications Principles

• Terrestrial Systems
• Satellite communication systems
• Satellite communication system architecture
• Satellite access
• Radio link reliability
• Doppler effect
• Satellite constellations
• Spot beams
• Radio Link
• Spectrum issues
• Spectrum sharing methods
• Propagation characteristics
• General propagation characteristics
• Analog and digital Modulation
• Digital modulation and Coding
• Satellite RF Link
• Multiple access principles
• Earth Stations
• Antennas
• Satellite system performance
• Link budget analysis
• System tradeoffs

System Specification and Requirement Writing

• Spacecraft subsystems areas
• Communications payload, Altitude Control, Propulsion, Electrical Power and Distribution, Payload, Thermal, Telemetry, Tracking and Command, and Orbit Control
• Satellite Radio building blocks
• Satellite ground segment
• Earth stations subsystem
• Various types of satellite payloads
• Satellite transponders
• Bent-pipe Satellites
• Key technology advancements in Satellite Communications (SATCOM) payloads  for telecommunications services
• Different types of orbits for satellites
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• International regulations (ITU-T) governing the frequency planning and coordination of the diverse satellite networks

Requirement analysis  of the Satellite Payload

• Capabilities of different repeater components
• Assessment techniques for performance of all major building blocks including repeaters, antenna systems, and tracking
• Critical subsystem and system design concepts such as power budget, loss, group delay, IM (Intermodulation) distortion, digital impairments, cross-polarization, adjacent satellite and channel interference for
• Design principles and performance budgets for system elements such as receivers, phased-array antennas, multiplexers, amplifiers, analog and digital processors, reflectors, feeds and other passive and active components
• System verification of payload and ground segment performance
• Evaluation of subsystem/system performance, and guidelines for overseeing the development

Key Payload Communications Parameters

• Gain and phase variation with frequency
• Phase Noise
• Frequency Stability
• Spurious signals from the frequency converter
• Self-interference products
• Passive Intermodulation products
• Noise figure and payload performance budgets
• Engineering specifications and techniques for payload compatibility with the satellite bus
• Communications satellite’s transponder
• The communications channel between the receiving and the transmitting antennas

Transponder System Design and Architecture

• System tradeoffs
• RF tradeoffs (RF power, EIRP, G/T)
• Input band limiting device (a bandpass filter)
• Input low-noise amplifier (LNA)
• Frequency translator
• Oscillator and a frequency mixer
• Output bandpass filter
• Power amplifier
• Traveling-wave tube
• Solid state amplifiers
• Design elements and specifications for the satellite communications payload
• “Bent pipe” principle
• Bent-pipe repeater subsystem
• Regenerated mode
• Regenerated and bent-pipe mode
• Bent-pipe topology
• On-board processing
• Demodulated, decoded, re-encoded, and modulated signals

Communications Payload Performance Management

• Performance and capacity planning
• Payload system Tradeoffs
• Bent-pipe repeater analysis and design
• Antenna Design and Performance
• Link budget
• On-board Digital processor
• A/D and D/A conversion
• DSP (digital signal processing)
• Multiple access technologies
• Principles behind FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
• Demodulation and remodulation
• Multiplexing
• Multi-beam Antennas
• RF Interference
• Spectrum Management

Satellite Communications Training Workshop Wrap-up: Course Recap, Discussion, and Evaluation

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