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Table 1

Results of the EPFD simulations.

Satellite System #Sats Avg. alt. (km) Max. E-field (dB[µ V m-1])
d = 25 m d = 70 m
Spire 118 500
Iridium NEXT 66 780
OneWeb 720 1200
SpaceX/Starlink 4408 560
SpaceX/Swarm 150 500

Notes. To avoid exceeding the RAS threshold levels in the band 150.05– 153 MHz, the electric field values produced by satellites (measured with a 120 kHz detector at 10 m distance) should be lower than the stated E-fields. This assumes that the UEMR has broad-band type, or more precisely that the signal is constant over the full RAS band, 150.05– 153 MHz. With a measurement bandwidth of 2.95 MHz the electric field limits are (2950/120) = 13.9 dB higher.

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