This chapter covers the basics of communication with a spacecraft. After an overview, baseband, modulation and carrier aspects are discussed. In the baseband section aspects of source coding, channel coding and shaping are presented. Afterwards, different modulation methods are shown. Finally, carrier aspects like the link budget equation and an example for a link budget calculation are presented.


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    Title :

    Fundamentals of Space Communications


    Additional title:

    Springer Aerospace Techn.


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2022-06-15


    Size :

    15 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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