SATELLITE COMMUNICATION QUIZ

INTELSAT stands for

International Telephone Satellite

International Satellite

Intel Satellite

International Telecommunications Satellite

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Earth station uses what type of antenna

Helical antenna

Despun antenna

Toroidal antenna

Cassegrain antenna

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Most mobile satellite array uses ___________ in transforming 50 to 150 Ω impedance.

Balun

Stub

Microstrip tapers

Quarter-wavelength transformer

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Repeaters inside communications satellites are known as

TWT

Transducers

Transponders

Trancievers

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What height must a satellite be placed above the surface of the earth in order for its rotation to be equal to earth’s rotation?

22,426.4 miles

26,426.4 miles

27,426.4 miles

23,426.4 miles

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A mobile satellite array has usually how many elements?

12

14

88

6

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Which of the following is the first active satellite?

Sputnik I

Telstar I

Echo I

Early Bird

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The radiation patterns of earth coverage antennas have a beamwidth of approximately

35˚

21˚

5˚

17˚

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Which of the following is the first commercial satellite?

Courier

Explorer

Telstar

Early Bird

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Point on the satellite obits closest to the earth.

Apogee

Prograde

Zenith

Perigee

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