Satellite General Info And Parameters
About O3b Link
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OceanTRx™4-500 O3b System Installation Guide
5.3.4
Satellite Data – Dynamic Parameters
This tab shows the live, currently measured and updated parameters.
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5-14: Partial Satellite Data Tab
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Dynamic Parameters
The following Satellite Data – Dynamic Parameters are provided:
Satellite azimuth angle.
Satellite elevation angle.
Actual start time. – calculated time when one of the antennas should start tracking
the next ascending satellite. This occurs about four times per day for each satellite.
The time is determined by a file that is continuously received continuously from the
O3b system to Orbit’s system.
The calculation is necessary because O3b provides only a single time of
day for each satellite while each satellite requires about four
switchovers per day
Actual handover – actual time to start transmitting to the ascending satellite.
Actual End time – actual time to stop tracking the descending satellite and rewind the
second antenna to the ascending satellite.
