Satellite Communication

A satellite signal transmitted from a satellite transponder to earth’s station is ……….

• Uplink

• Downlink

• Earth bound

• Terrestrial

Satellite engine uses …………

• Jet propulsion

• Ion propulsion system

• liquid fuel

• Solar jet

. The earth area covered by a satellite radio beam is known as ……..

• Beamwidth

• Bandwidth

• Footprint

• Zone

India’s first domestic geostationary satellite 1NSAT-IA was launched on 10th April 1982 from _____

• UK

• UP

• USSR

• USA

The number of days when Earth’s shadow falls on a geosynchronous satellite is ____

• 88

• 277

• 50

• 10

……………. collects very weak signals from a broadcast satellite

• Satellite dish

• TWA

• Helical Antenna

• LNA

As the height of a satellite orbit gets lower, the speed of the satellite ……………

• None

• remains same

• decreases

• Increases

A geosynchronous satellite ____

• has the same period that of the Earth

• has the circular orbit

• rotates in equatorial plane

• all the above

INTELSAT stands for ………….

• Intel satellite

• International satellite

• International Telephone satellite

• International Telecommunications Satellite

…………. is an artificial body that is projected from earth to orbit either earth (or) another body of solar systems.

• sun

• moon

• satellite

• none