Attachment Schedule S document

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-20050311-00061 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA2005031100061_421918

         Table 1: AfriStar-2 Reference Link Budget
                                              UNITS

                   Satellite                            AfriStar-2
Uplink Beam                                            Global (AU)
Downlink Beam                                          Spot (SD1R)
Uplink Frequency                               GHz         7.05
Downlink Frequency                             GHz       1.4795
Transponder Bandwidth                          MHz         2.50
                    Carrier
Aggregate Carrier Information Rate            Mbit/s      1.586
FEC Inner Coding Rate                                       1/2
FEC Outer Coding Rate                                    223/255
Modulation Scheme                                        QPSK
Required Eb/No @ 10exp-4                       dB          2.7
Implementation Margin                          dB          2.5
                   UPLINK
               Ground Segment
Antenna Diameter                                m          4.6
Transmit eirp                                  dBW        65.6
               Space Segment
Uplink Path Loss (incl. Atmospheric Losses)     dB        201.8
Spacecraft G/T                                 dB/K       -10.8
G/T Degradations                                           2.3
Spacecraft G/T                                 dB/K       -13.1
Input Back-off (Total)                          dB         0.0
Operating Flux Density                        dBW/m²      -97.8
C/No thermal up                                dBHz       79.2
                 DOWNLINK
               Space Segment
Output Back-off (Per Carrier)                   dB         0.0
Saturated eirp                                 dBW        53.6
Downlink Path loss                              dB        187.4
                   Receiver
Receiver G/T                                  dB/K        -19.9
C/No Thermal down                             dBHz        74.9
C/(No+Io) Required                            dBHz        67.2
Available Downlink Margin                                  7.4



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