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Basics of Satellite Communication. ....... Satellite Communication fundamentals........

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Let us start with a very basic question.   What is satellite ? Satellite is nothing but an object that moves around another large object. For example: - Moon moves around the earth and earth is comparatively larger than moon, hence moon is a satellite of earth. Now, next question which immediately comes I our mind, what is GSAT, INSAT satellite frequently in news. So, to answer this. We will discuss categories of satellites. Satellites can be divided into two categories. 1.      Natural satellites 2.      Artificial satellites like GSAT- 30 satellite and satellites of INSAT series. Now we will discuss the importance of satellite communication. 1.      Wide coverage i.e. very large area of earth is visible from satellites and ideally with the help of 3 geo-stationary satellites the most of the parts of the earth is visible except polar region. We can say that the combination of 3 satellites, with the ability to relay message from one to other could inter connect virtually al