Carrington UK’s National Space Weather Mission
Assumptions: • Nominal Case • 15m GS antenna dish • 40 kbits/s data rate • 90W RF power • Distance: 1AU (L5) Data rate vs. phase vs. antennas size Requirement • Science data rate � 40kbits/s • HK data rate � 0.4-10kbits/s Total req. data rate � 41-50kbits/s Phase S/C Antenna GS Antenna Data Rate LEOP LGAs