Spacecraft Communications

The course is composed of three different elements in satellite communications: 

1. RF hardware + systems, such as antennas

2. Digital signal processing, such as coding schemes

3. Lasercom hardware + control, such as pointing control.

These will be applied on 3 different systems: 

1. TV Broadcasting 

2. Deep space uplinks

3. Laser downlink 

We plan to have 1 guest lecture from industry.