An error analysis for the measurement of satellite EIRP using a calibrated radio star.
Abstract
An outline for the derivation of equations employed in a measurement and error analysis of satellite EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power) using a calibrated radio star is presented. A table showing analysis results at 7.55 GHz using Cassiopeia A for a satellite at 12 deg elevation angle is given. The quadrature sum of the systematic errors appearing in the tables is 10.1 percent. Also presented is a curve of the systematic errors as a function of elevation angle showing a 7.3-percent minimum at high elevation angles.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation Measurement
- Pub Date:
- September 1978
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1978ITIM...27..253D
- Keywords:
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- Error Analysis;
- Instrument Errors;
- Radiation Measuring Instruments;
- Radio Stars;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite Observation;
- Calibrating;
- Cassiopeia A;
- Elevation Angle;
- Ground Stations;
- Isotropy;
- Microwave Antennas;
- Power Spectra;
- Radio Antennas;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking;
- Astrodynamics;
- Navigation:Space Vehicles