Table 4.
Link budget calculations used for communications analysis.
| Spacecraft | SCE | SC80 |
|---|---|---|
| Daily data volume | 43.2 GB | 910 MB |
| Data rate | 10,485 kbit s−1 | 200.6 kbit s−1 |
| Transmission power | 15 W | 160 W |
| Antenna diameter | 0.5 m | 2.3 m |
| Distance | 1.5 Mkm | 193 Mkm |
| Link-margin | 4.6 dB | 3.2 dB |
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