Camp 2011 - Version 1.4
        Chaos Communication Camp 2011
        
        Project Flow Control
      
| Speakers | |
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|   | Irmi Meister | 
| Schedule | |
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| Day | Day 1 - 2011-08-10 | 
| Room | Kourou | 
| Start time | 15:00 | 
| Duration | 01:00 | 
| Info | |
| ID | 4442 | 
| Event type | Lecture | 
| Track | Hacker Space Program | 
| Language used for presentation | English | 
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Introduction to Satellite Communications
the joy and challange of operating satellite communication systems; illustrated with postage stamps
 
  In this lecture, I'll cover some satellite communication basics like pros and cons of different orbits, the characteristics of a satellite communications link and the difficulties regarding noise and attenuation when handling high frequency satellite communication systems.
After a brief introduction to the history and development of satellites in general, we'll talk about different orbits and their characteristics regarding space conditions. After that, we'll have a look at a typical satellite communications link including channel characteristics, communications equipment and frequency considerations, before moving on to access techniques. If there's still time, there might be a short part about satellite navigation, too.
And yes, to meet our need for pretty pictures, thematically related postage stamps (partly from a private collection) will be used to illustrate the topic.
