Home / ECE / Satellite Communication :: Section 2

ECE :: Satellite Communication

  1. Assuming earth to be a sphere of radius 6400 km and height of a geosynchronous satellite above Earth as 36000 km, the velocity of a geosynchronous satellite is __________ km/hr.

  2. A.
    28000
    B.
    15000
    C.
    36000
    D.
    11100

  3. In the context of error detection in satellite transmission, ARQ stands for

  4. A.
    Automatic Repeat Request
    B.
    Automatic Relay Request
    C.
    Accelerated Recovery Request
    D.
    Automatic Radiation Quenching

  5. To cover all inhabited regions of the Earth, the number of geosynchronous communication satellites required

  6. A.
    5
    B.
    3
    C.
    10
    D.
    2

  7. The different access methods which permit many satellite users to operate in parallel through a single transponder without interfering with each other as

  8. A.
    Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
    B.
    Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
    C.
    Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
    D.
    All of the above

  9. When a communication satellite passes into Earth's shadow, its temperature drops to about __________ ° K.

  10. A.
    273
    B.
    243
    C.
    170
    D.
    123

  11. In envelope detection of an AM waveform

  12. A.
    One side band and full-ampiitude carrier are needed
    B.
    Both side bands and full-amplitude carrier are needed
    C.
    Only two side bands are needed
    D.
    Upper side band and part of carrier are needed

  13. Shannon's Law relates

  14. A.
    antenna gain to frequency
    B.
    noise power to bandwidth
    C.
    information-carrying capacity to S/N ratio
    D.
    transmission losses to noise

  15. India's first three-axis stabilised geostationary communication satellite is

  16. A.
    Rohini
    B.
    Aryabhatta
    C.
    Apple
    D.
    Bhaskara

  17. Point out the false statement.
    Launching of geostationary experimental communication satellite has helped India to gain experience in

  18. A.
    Building, for the time, a body-stabilized geosynchronous communication satellite with its own apogee propulsion and control systems
    B.
    Attitude control and station management operations for a geostationary satellite
    C.
    Building launching rocket Ariane for putting APPLE in orbit
    D.
    Domestic communications on an experimental basis

  19. A modem is

  20. A.
    a form of commutator
    B.
    a device for digitizing speech
    C.
    a circuit used for suppressing microwave mterference
    D.
    an electronic circuit which carries out modulation and demodulation of a carrier frequency