Spectral Analysis of Experimental Ka-Band Propagation Measurements over the Australian LEO Microsatellite ‘FedSat’

Thorsten Kostulski; Sam Reisenfeld

Personal Satellite Services. International Conference, PSATS 2009, Rome, Italy, March 18-19, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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Spectral Analysis of Experimental Ka-Band Propagation Measurements over the Australian LEO Microsatellite ‘FedSat’

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-04260-7_6,
    author={Thorsten Kostulski and Sam Reisenfeld},
    title={Spectral Analysis of Experimental Ka-Band Propagation Measurements over the Australian LEO Microsatellite ‘FedSat’},
    proceedings={Personal Satellite Services. International Conference, PSATS 2009, Rome, Italy, March 18-19, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={PSATS},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={Ka band low earth orbit satellite propagation attenuation spectral analysis scintillation rain fading},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-04260-7_6}
}

Thorsten Kostulski
Sam Reisenfeld
Year: 2012
Spectral Analysis of Experimental Ka-Band Propagation Measurements over the Australian LEO Microsatellite ‘FedSat’
PSATS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04260-7_6

Thorsten Kostulski¹^,*, Sam Reisenfeld¹^,*

1: University of Technology, Sydney

*Contact email: Thorsten.Kostulski@uts.edu.au, samr@uts.edu.au

Abstract

The increased interest in the use of Ka band frequencies in satellite communications has prompted extensive propagation studies and the development of several rain fade models in the past, all of which are based on measurements from geostationary satellites only. Based on novel data, which has been experimentally obtained from the low earth orbit microsatellite ‘FedSat’, this paper addresses the spectral analysis of variable slant-path attenuation measurements under various weather conditions by examples, compares the results to similar GEO statistics and identifies potentially significant effects.

Keywords: Ka band low earth orbit satellite propagation attenuation spectral analysis scintillation rain fading

Published: 2012-05-14

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04260-7_6