Arctic MEO Satellite System Performance Analysis with Link Budgets

An elliptic medium Earth orbit satellite system for Nordic/Arctic areas is proposed and investigated. The dataset includes comprehensive link budgets for VHF and S-band, along with performance analysis of user terminal antenna solutions for fixed and ship-based installations. It was authored by Terje Røste and last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Modeling satellite link performance based on provided VHF and S-band link budgets.
• Analyzing antenna gain and scan loss for a five-panel frustum configuration described in the document.
• Evaluating the robustness of ship-to-satellite communication against platform tilt and propagation issues like ionospheric effects.
• Comparing potential information rates (9.6 kbit/sec vs. 1024 kbit/sec) for different terminal and antenna configurations.

Strengths

• Includes specific performance metrics such as antenna gain estimates of ≈9–12 dBi and potential gains up to ≈14–17 dBi.
• Provides concrete link budget results with defined information rates of 9.6 kbit/sec and 1024 kbit/sec.
• Analyzes performance for specific scenarios including ship movements with tilts up to 10°.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (193.6 KB), indicating limited scope, likely a single analysis document.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely contains results from satellite orbit simulations and antenna performance analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:21:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nordic/Arctic areas