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Chapter 1 (9, 11, 14, 16 September)
Chapter 2 (18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 September, 2, 5 October)
Chapter 3 (9, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 October)
Chapter 4 (28 October, 2 November)
Chapter 5 (2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16 November)
Chapter 6 (16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30 November)
Chapter 7 (30, 2, 4)
Midterm Exam information
Final Exam information
Midterm exam (30 October)
Please note: We will have make-up classes on Fridays, 25 September and 2 October 2009 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm in
Farquharson Rm 020.
There is no class on 7 October. Next class is on 9 October.
Then there is reading week from 12 to 16 October. Please read the book.
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Course
Description:
The course will cover all fundamental aspects of communications between
spacecraft and ground stations. Topics include orbits, perturbations
and launching methods, the essential characteristics and components of
satellites, interplanetary spacecraft and ground stations,
transmission, reception and link equations and access to a satellite.
Here is the:
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Breakdown of Final Grade |
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10 |
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Term work (4 to 7 normal assignments) |
25 |
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Midterm test |
25 |
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Final Exam |
40 |
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Total |
100 |
Professor Norbert Bartel (Course Director)
Room 331 Petrie Science and
Tel: 416-736-5424
E-mail: bartel@yorku.ca
Lectures: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Mondays: Farquharson Rm 106
Wednesdays, Fridays: Farquharson Rm 020
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First class |
September 9 |
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Assignment #1 - #6 ... |
TBD |
| Reading week |
October 10 - 16, |
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Midterm test |
October 30 |
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Last class |
December 4 |
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Final Exam (Chapters 1 - 7) |
December 18, 9:00-12:00, VH3006 |
Office Hours
Come by my office and see whether I have time, or
Mondays and Wednesdays 14:00 – 14:45:
Room 331 Petrie Science and
Satellite Communications, 4th edition
by Dennis Roddy (McGraw-Hill, 2006)
Alternate Texts:
(Steacie Library)
Satellite Communication Systems
Engineering, 2nd edition, W. L. Pritchard, H. G.Suyderhoud,
R. A. Nelson (Prentice Hall, 1992)
Satellite communications, T. Pratt, C. W. Bostian (John Wiley
& Sons, 1986)
1. History and Overview of present
Status
2. Orbital Aspects of
Satellite Communications
3. Spacecraft
4. Earth Station
5. Communications Link
6. Modulation and Multiplexing Techniques
7. Multiple Access to a Satellite
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Send comments to: bartel@yorku.ca |
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