Scratchpad

Satellite frequency bands https://www.esa.int/Applications/Telecommunications_Integrated_Applications/Satellite_frequency_bands

Satcom https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/satcom-1.htm

prices

LEO

an Iridium sat was about 15 million USD apiece

geostationary

contracted with Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy to build Apstar 7B in a deal valued at 112.3 million euros

a geostationary satellite: 128 millions for the payload, and about 50 millions to launch

a satellite has ~20-50 transponders

Unweighted global average annual lease price for a C-band transponder is $1.96 million; for a Ku-band transponder the global average is $3.98 million.

https://books.google.ch/books?id=Fx29ia9641cC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=price+ku+transponder&source=bl&ots=8FyX81TYo-&sig=ACfU3U3L0LIquaiAe0yqjC2EzTVGsuO1Xg&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcnsOK0YzmAhUU5aYKHWqABtkQ6AEwA3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=price%20ku%20transponder&f=false

TODO

Contract Configurator Parameters

• AboveWaypoint: Test if vessel is within a given elevation/distance band from a waypoint (maybe azimuth?)
• TransmissionSpeed: Test if communication to vessel is at least X kbps