What direction does an ascending amateur-satellite pass travel?
AnswerFrom south to north.
Ascending and descending describe whether the spacecraft is moving northward or southward across the equator.
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What is characteristic of an inverting linear satellite transponder?
AnswerSignal position and sideband sense are inverted between uplink and downlink.
An inverting transponder reverses the spectral relationship: a signal near one end of the uplink passband appears near the opposite end of the downlink, and USB/LSB sense swaps.