MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ECE 514E - RADAR & SATELLITE ENGINEERING

CLASS PRESENTATIONS (SLIDES)
SEPTEMBER 2025 - JANUARY 2025
WEEK 1: INTRODUCTON
(a) Introduction to Course: ECE 514E and Introduction to Radar Engineering
(b) Introduction to Radar Engineering
(c) Introduction to Satellite Engineering
WEEK 2
(a) Radar Equation
(b) Types of Radar Systems
(c) Continous Wave (CW) Radar
WEEK 3:  
Lectures:
(a) LEO, MEO & GEO Satellites
(b) Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
Practical Session
(a) GPS Speedometer & Odometer

Lab Assignment
Real-Time Satellite Tracking (To be handed in on October 14 2025.
  WEEK 3:  
Lectures:
(c) Secondary Radar System - Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) & Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
(c) Instrument Landing System (ILS)
  WEEK 4:  
Lectures:
(c) Tracking Radar
(c) Intersatellite Links (ISL)
  WEEK 5:  
Lectures:
(a) Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FM-CW) Radar
(b) Moving Target Indicator (MTI) Radar
  WEEK 6:
 (a) Satellite Launching
(b) Satellite Link Design
(c) Sound Navigation and Ranging
  WEEK 7:
Lectures:
(a) Satellite Multiple Access Techniques
(b) Satellite Traffic
(c) Erlang B Formulae
  WEEK 8:
Lectures:
(a) United Nations Treaties on Satellites
(b) Introduction to Solar Power System Design - Prerequisite to Satellite Power Systems
  ©  Prof. James A. Kulubi, Masinde Muliro University,  September 2025 - December  2025