Communications Subsystem

All the articles in this segment of the Satellite 101 Wiki have been contributed by Chaitanya Jain, Shashank Verma, Dhrumil Shah, Anuj Kuruwa, Om Kolhe, Tanmay Patil, Ashish Ranjan and Arvind Aradhya, all of whom are a part of the Communications Subsystem of Advitiy, the 2nd Student Satellite of IIT Bombay.

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The Communications subsystem is the subsystem which lets us know if our satellite is alive in orbit. If Communications fails, the satellite is as good as a rock in space. Considering that, this subsystem plays a key role in the system. For the ease of explanation, the articles in this section of the Wiki have been segmented as follows:

• Introduction
  • Need for Communications
  • Role of Communications
  • Interdependence on other subsystems
  • General Flow of Data
• Components
  • Transceiver
  • Antenna
  • Amplifiers
• Key Concepts
  • Technical
    • Modulation and Demodulation
    • Link Budget
  • Non-Technical
    • Radio Regulations
    • Radio Safety
• On-satellite Communication System
  • Beacon
  • Downlink
  • Uplink

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