1. SATELLITE BROADCASTING 3

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INDEX

INTRODUZIONE I

1. SATELLITE BROADCASTING 3

1.1 – G

ENERALITIES

4 1.2 – C

OMMON

S

ATELLITE

A

RCHITECTURE

6 1.3 – C

OMMON

E

ARTH

-S

TATION

A

RCHITECTURE

9 1.4 – A

NTENNAS

11 1.5 – G/T R

ATIO

13 1.6 – L

INK

B

UDGET

13 2. EUTELSAT OVERVIEW 20

2.1 – T

HE ROLE OF A

S

ATELLITE

O

PERATOR

21 2.2 – H

ISTORY AND

C

OMMERCIAL

P

ROFILE

22 2.3 – A

T THE HEART OF A DIGITAL AGE

24 2.4 – S

ATELLITE

F

LEET

26 3. THE EUTELSAT MONITORING SYSTEM 29

3.1 – T

HE

E

UTELSAT

T

ELEPORT

30 3.2 – T

HE

C

OMMUNICATION

S

YSTEM

C

ONTROL

(CSC) 31

3.2.1 – H

OW IT WORKS

31 3.3 – T

HE INITIAL STRUCTURE OF THE

S

ATELLITE

M

ONITORING

S

YSTEM

39 3.3.1 – M

ONITORING

S

ITES

39 3.3.2 – R

AMBOUILLET

M

ONITORING

S

ITE BEFORE UPGRADING

46 3.3.3 – R

AMBOUILLET

_2 M

ONITORING

S

ITE BEFORE UPGRADING

48 3.3.4 – T

HE

SIECAMS®

INTERFACE

48 3.4 – T

HE

C

ALIBRATION

I

SSUE

56

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4. MONITORING SYSTEM UPGRADE 61

4.1 – W

HY MAKING AN UPGRADE ON

R

AMBOUILLET

_1? 62 4.2 – O

RIGINAL STATISTICS FOR

R

AMBOUILLET

_1 64

4.2.1 – O

RIGINAL DATA FOR

C

ARRIER

#1 65

4.2.2 – O

RIGINAL DATA FOR

C

ARRIER

#2 67

4.2.3 – O

RIGINAL DATA FOR

C

ARRIER

#3 69

4.3 – W

HY MAKING AN UPGRADE ON

R

AMBOUILLET

_2? 71

5. FINAL RESULTS 72

5.1 – R

AMBOUILLET

_1

FINAL ARCHITECTURE

73 5.2 – R

AMBOUILLET

_1

ACTUAL PERFORMANCE

75 5.2.1 – F

INAL DATA FOR

C

ARRIER

#1 75

5.2.2 – F

INAL DATA FOR

C

ARRIER

#2 77

5.2.3 – F

INAL DATA FOR

C

ARRIER

#3 78

5.3 – R

AMBOUILLET

_2

FINAL ARCHITECTURE

80 5.4 – I

MAGES OF INSTALLED EQUIPMENT

82 5.5 – F

UTURE PERSPECTIVES