Research Article
AOCS Requirements and Practical Limitations for High-Speed Communications on Small Satellites
Table 17
Worst and best case for SNR in uplink.
| Situation | Worst case | Best case | Difference (dB) |
| (dBW) | 16.99 | 16.99 | 0.00 | (dBi) | 18.95 | 18.95 | 0.00 | (dB) | 157.33 | 136.24 | 21.09 | (dB) | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.20 | (dB) | 0.37 | 0.02 | 0.35 | (dB) | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | (dB) | −3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | (dBi) | −6.00 | 1.56 | 7.56 | (dB) | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.00 | (dBW) | −132.58 | −99.38 | 33.20 |
| Noise temperature (dBK) | 25.73 | 25.735 | 0.00 | Noise power (dBW) | −165.09 | −165.09 | 0.00 | SNR (dB) | 32.51 | 65.71 | 33.20 |
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