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[1] satellite communications system is divided into two segments-a ……….…………..

a) ground segment and a space segment.
b) Tracking and command
c) Telemetry and tracking
[2] The …………..refers to the equipment used to provide the service for which the satellite has been
launched.
a) Payload.
b) Bus
c) payload and bus
[3] The ………… refers not only to the vehicle which carries the payload but also to the various subsystems
which required for service
d) Payload
e) Bus.
f) payload and bus
[4] The equipment which provides the connecting link between the satellite’s transmit and receive
antennas is referred to as the…………...
a) Transponder.
b) antenna subsystems.
c) payload and bus
[5] What are the Spacecraft Subsystems?
[6] why the solar sails are arranged to rotate to track the sun.
[7] Why the outer cylinder is telescoped over the inner one during the launch sequence.
[8] Higher powers can be achieved with solar panels arranged in the form of rectangular……….
a) Solar cells
b) Solar sails.
c) in series-parallel connection
[1] If the earth’s equatorial plane coincides with the plane of earth’s orbit around sun, the geostationary
orbit will be eclipsed by the earth.
a) earth eclipse of satellite.
b) sun eclipse of satellite
c) eclipse of satellite
[2] Why the satellite has short lifetime?
a) due to solar panels limitations
b) using batteries during eclipses.
c) different torques that effect the satellite operation
d) all the above
[3] what is the thermal stress on satellite?
[4] Eclipse caused by moon takes place……….. in every 24 hours for…….
a) Twice, Short duration.
b) Once, Long duration
c) Twice, Long duration
d) Once, short duration
[1] The ……..of a satellite refers to its orientation in space.
a) Attitude
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b) Longitude
c) Attitude and longitude
[2] What are the factors that affecting the attitude control?
[3] What is the different disturbance torquing that can alter the attitude.
[4] To find the any deviation or shift in satellite orientation in space, ……………… are used.
a) infrared sensors.
b) optical sensors
c) movement sensors
d) all the above.
[1] In………….., The satellite stabilizations is achieved without putting a drain on the satellite’s energy
supplies.
a) Passive attitude control.
b) active attitude control
c) Gravity gradient
[2] For communications satellites, ……….. is often used for attitude control.
a) spin stabilization.
b) momentum wheels and EM coils
c) electromagnetic coil
d) All the above
[3] The …………… works on the principle that the earth’s magnetic field exerts a torque on a current-
carrying coil and that this torque can be controlled through control of the current.
a) spin stabilization
b) momentum wheels and EM coils
c) electromagnetic coil.
d) All the above
[4] With ……………. , there is no overall stabilizing torque present to resist the disturbance torques.
a) Passive attitude control
b) active attitude control.
c) Gravity gradient
[5] What is the Roll, pitch, and yaw axes?
[6] For geostationary satellites, the spin axis is ……….. to the N-S axis of the earth.
a) Parallel
b) Normal
c) Make low angle
[1] What are the external and internal disturbance torques that are effect the satellite stabilization.
[2] ……………is used to increase the spin rate again and to shift the axis back to its correct N-S orientation.
a) Jets
b) Nutation
c) nutation dampers.
[1] Where a directional antenna is used, which is more common for communications satellites, the
antenna must be….
a) Despun
b) Arrayed
c) Despun and arrayed
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[2] Draw the flowchart of controlling system of disturbance torques in the spacecraft.
[3] What is albedo?
[4] What are the things that are used to operate the satellite in temperature stable environment.
[5] What are the main functions of a spacecraft management?
[6] What are the Data which are transmitted as telemetry signals.
[7] What are the types of sensors that located on the spacecraft.
[8] Tracking of the satellite is accomplished by having the satellite transmit ……………which are received at
the TT&C earth stations
a) beacon signals.
b) instruction signals
c) BPDU signal
d) All the above
[1] ………………. is obviously important during the transfer and drift orbital phases of the satellite launch.
a) Tracking.
b) Telemetering
c) None of the above
[2] How can we determine the satellite range from the ground station?
[3] A ……………… is the series of interconnected units which forms a single communications channel
between the receive and transmit antennas in a communications satellite.
a) Transponder
b) Controlling system
c) TT&C
[1] Frequency reuse can be achieved using ………..
a) Polarization isolation
b) Transponder
c) Polarization
[2] With …….. polarization, vertically and horizontally polarized carriers can be separated.
a) Linear
b) Circular
c) Linear and circular
[3] Why using duplicate receiver, also draw with explain?
[4] What are the stages of power amplifier?
[5] What are the advantage of the TWT?