Satellite communications payload and system

"This book provides in-depth information on the "OSI physical layer" of satellite communications. It is organized into three parts: (1) the payload hardware and its specification as needed by a payload systems engineer who is just learning, needs a reference, or is updating their knowledge; (2) various categories of spacecraft and their end-to-end (i.e. ground-to-satellite-to-ground) systems, with detailed information on the system purpose, what the payload is and why, and how the payload interacts with the rest of the system to achieve its purpose; and (3) detailed end-to-end system-level topics such as the communications link, comm theory for payload engineers, satellite comm simulation, and the effect of payload imperfections on the signal. Some of the benefits of the second edition include enhancements to the antenna chapter and other chapters"-- Provided by publisher.

1 Introduction 2 -- 1.1 End-to-End Satellite Communications System 2 -- 1.2 What the Book Is About 3 -- 1.3 Channel and Channel Sharing 3 -- 1.4 Payload 4 -- 1.5 Ground Transmitter and Ground Receiver 7 -- 1.6 System 8 -- 1.7 Conventions 8 -- 1.8 Book Sources 9 -- 1.9 Summary of Rest of Book 10 -- References 12 -- PART I. PAYLOAD 2 -- 2 Payload's On-Orbit Environment 2 -- 2.1 What Determines Environment 2 -- 2.2 On-Orbit Environment and Mitigation by Spacecraft Bus 8 -- 2.3 General Effects of Mitigated Environment on Payload 19 -- References 24 -- 3 Antenna Basics and Single-Beam Antenna 2 -- 3.1 Introduction 2 -- 3.2 Examples of Single-Beam Antenna 2 -- 3.3 General Antenna Concepts 3 -- 3.4 Reflector-Antenna Basics 9 -- 3.5 Steerable Single-Beam Antennas 15 -- 3.6 Reflector Technology for Single-Beam Antennas 16 -- 3.7 Horn for Single-Beam Antennas 17 -- 3.8 Other Antenna Components 20 -- 3.9 Antenna Pointing Error 24 -- 3.10 Antenna Autotrack 26 -- 3.11 Reflector-Antenna Inefficiencies 28 -- 3.12 Testing 32 -- References 35 -- 4 Payload-Integration Elements 2 -- 4.1 Introduction 2 -- 4.2 Coaxial Cable vs. Waveguide 2 -- 4.3 Coaxial Cable 2 -- 4.4 Waveguide 7 -- 4.5 Other Integra…