The course, which will take a system-oriented approach, is based around the following subject areas: Constellations: Orbital Dynamics from Kepler to Newton; Satellite Orbital Design; Systems and Applications: Mobile Satellite Systems, Networks and Applications; Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Networks; Radio Interface: Link Budget Design from basic transmission theory to advanced link calculations; Digital Modulation Techniques; Multiple Access Techniques, covering Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA); Regulatory Issues; Mobile and Fixed Propagation Environment including empirical and statistical representations.