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Satellite Communication Engineering, 2nd Edition
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Satellite Communication Engineering, 2nd Edition

by Michael Olorunfunmi Kolawole
July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 15m
English
CRC Press
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Appendix A: Notations

The symbols have been chosen as carefully as possible to prevent confusion. In a few instances, the same symbol was used. When this occurs, a clear distinction is made in the meaning of each, and where it is used in the text is indicated.

Symbol

Definition

A

Aperture length in H-plane of a pyramidal horn

Aa

Solar array area required for the cells

Ac

Area covered by each radio cell

Ae

Effective aperture area

Aeq

Equivalent surface area of the satellite that is perpendicular to the orbit velocity

Ag

Cellular radio coverage area for circular cells

Ap

Cellular radio coverage area for polygonal cells

B

Aperture length in E-plane of a pyramidal horn (in Chapter 2) or channel

bandwidth (in other chapters) ...

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