SATELLITE COMMUNICATION QUIZ

The owner of AsiaSat 2 is

Japan Satellite System (JSAT)

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (ASTC)

Singapore Satellite Commision

China Great Wall Industry Corporation

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The location of AsiaSat I.

151.5˚ East

115.5˚ East

170.5˚ East

105.5˚ East

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Repeaters inside communications satellites are known as

Transducers

Trancievers

TWT

Transponders

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What is the local oscillator (mixer) frequency of the satellite with an uplink frequency in GHz band?

2225 MHz

2555 MHz

4500 MHz

3500 MHz

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What circuit is responsible in activating and deactivating adjacent antenna elements in a mobile satellite array?

Radial divider

Divider/combiner

Radial multiplexer

Radial combiner

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The smallest beam of a satellite antenna radiation pattern

Hemispheric beam

Zone beam

Global beam

Spot beam

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A satellite signal transmitted from a satellite transponder to earth’s station.

Downlink

Terrestrial

Uplink

Earthbound

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A satellite beam that covers almost 42.4% of the earths surface.

Global beam

Hemispheric beam

Zone beam

Spot beam

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The first Philippine Mabuhay satellite has how many channels?

48

24

30

50

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Is a loss of power of a satellite downlink signal due to earth’s atmosphere.

Atmospheric loss

Radiation loss

RFI

Path loss

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