Satellite Broadcasting

2.1 Global Satellite Operators
2.1.1 INTELSAT (International Satellite Organisation)
2.1.2 Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite)
2.1.3 Intersputnik (GUS-SAT-Organisation)
2.1.4 Worldspace


2.2 Regional Satellite Operators
2.2.1 AsiaSat
2.2.2 Astra/Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)
2.2.3 Eutelsat
2.2.4 Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT)
2.2.5 PanAmSat (PAS)


2.3 Meteorological Satellite Operators
2.3.1 EUMETSAT


2.4 Defence Satellite Communication Operators
2.4.1 Air Force Space Command/GPS

3.1 Satellite Downlink Frequency Ranges

3.2 Polarisation of EM-Waves

3.3 Satellite Coverage

3.4 Satellite Radio Link

3.5 Gain(G) of Satellite Dish Antenna

3.6 Input Power at Earth Station

3.7 Noise n at input of system

3.8 Figure of Merit (G/T)

3.9 Power Ratio of RF-carrier and noise (C/N)

3.10 Analogue versus Digital

3.11 Service Availability

3.12 Impacts on Satellite Communication

3.13 Analogue FM/TV modulation

3.14 Digital QPSK modulation

3.15 BER versus S/N

3.16 Channel coding (FEC)

3.17 From Source Coding to Channel Coding

3.18 Compression

3.18.1 Audio Compression
3.18.2 Video Compression


3.19 MPEG-2 and DVB-SI tables

4.1 Outdoor-Indoor-Unit

4.2 Antenna Parameters/Principles

4.2.1 Prime Focus Satellite Antenna
4.2.2 Offset Satellite Antenna
4.2.3 Cassegrain Satellite Antenna


4.3 Azimuth and Elevation

4.4 Worldmap/Timezone/Longitude/Latitude

4.5 Feedhorn and Polariser

4.6 LNB = Low Noise Blockconverter

4.7 Conclusion Outdoor-Unit

4.8 Analogue Satellite Receiver

4.9 Digital Satellite Receiver (IRD)

5.1 List of IRDs to receive DW digital Satellites

5.2 Coverage INTELSAT 707

5.3 Coverage AsiaSat2

5.4 Coverage PAS-5

5.5 Coverage Eutelsat HOTBIRD 5

5.6 Coverage Astra 1A

5.7 DW - Eutelsat HB5, NSS-K(IS-K) and GE1

5.8 DW - Eutelsat HB5, Astra 1A and 1B

5.9 DW - Eutelsat HB5 and PAS-5

5.10 DW - INTELSAT 707 and AsiaSat 2