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This lecture covers topics related to satellite communication, including propagation in free space, optical fibers, Friis' formula, attenuation in the atmosphere, inhomogeneity of the atmosphere, diffraction on obstacles, and 2D ray tracing models. It also discusses urban propagation, satellite orbits, the 3rd Kepler law, geostationary satellites, and basic free-space transmission loss.