From: Radio occultation experiment of the Venus atmosphere and ionosphere with the Venus orbiter Akatsuki
Distance (AU) | 0.35 | 1.73 |
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EIRP of transmission (dBW) | 42.5 | |
Absorption and rain loss (dB) | −0.8 | |
Receiver pointing loss (dB) | −0.2 | |
G / T of ground station (dB/K) | 52.7 | |
C /N0 without Venus atmosphere (dBHz) | 57.5 | 43.6 |
Defocusing loss for D = 2 Rv (dB) | ||
40 km | −25.9 | |
60 km | −12.6 | |
80 km | −2.1 | |
Absorption loss (dB) | ||
40 km | −14.7 | |
60 km | −0.5 | |
80 km | 0.0 | |
Overall C/N0 (dBHz) | ||
40 km | 16.9 | 3.0 |
60 km | 44.4 | 30.5 |
80 km | 55.4 | 41.5 |