Rain induced attenuation studies using RazakSAT space-Earth links

• Main Authors: Nuroddin, Amirah, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Badron, Khairayu, Zulkurnain, Nurul Fariza, Ismail, Maszlan, Halim, Salim
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: IEEE 2013
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/35644/1/mira_iconspace.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/35644/4/06599418.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/35644/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6599504&tag=1

Rain induced attenuation is the main reason for the decrease of Space-Earth communication links’ received signal strength. This is more perceptible in the tropical regions due to copious heavy rainfall throughout the years. RazakSAT is a Malaysian remote sensing satellite that utilizes two frequ...