Satellites卫星英文教学课件PPT.ppt

Satellites Satellites Overview History How Satellites Work Satellite Frequency Bands and Antennas Orbit Distance, Pros Cons, Applications Types: Low-Earth-Orbit (LEOs) Medium-Earth-Orbit (MEOs) Global Positioning System (GPS) Geostationary (GEOs) Satellite Tracking System (J-Tracker, J-Pass) History of Satellites The First Satellites The theory of satellites was simple enough - shoot something out into space at the right speed and on the correct trajectory and it will stay up there, orbiting Earth, for years - if not forever. If the orbit is the right distance in space the satellite will keep pace with the rotation of the Earth.  Pioneer Satellites (1957) Early in October 1957 communications stations started picking up a regular beeping noise coming from space. The signals were coming from Russias Sputnik 1, the worlds first man-made satellite. It was January 1958, before a Jupiter rocket successfully launched Explorer 1, the first American satellite.? History of Satellites NASAs Syncom programme (1963) GEOs In July 1963 the Hughes Aircraft Corporation launched the experimental Syncom 2 for NASA, the worlds first geosynchronous communications satellite. Its earlier sister, Syncom 1, had been blown up on launch earlier that year, but the second version was a huge success. It carried the first live two-way satellite call between heads of state when President John F. Kennedy in Washington, D.C., telephoned Nigerian Prime Minister Abubaker Balewa in Africa. The third Syncom satellite transmitted live television coverage of the 1964 Olympic Games from Tokyo. ? History of Satellites Early Bird (1965) The worlds first commercial communications satellite was Early Bird, built for the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) by Hughes. The satellite was launched on April 6, 1965, and placed in commercial service after moving into geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the equator. That meant it was always on station to prov