ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Total Signal Degradation of Polish 26-50 GHz
Satellite Systems Due to Rain
Jacek Wilk-Jakubowski
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Kielce University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Computer Science,
Department of Information Systems, Division of Computer Science,
7 Tysiąclecia Państwa Polskiego Ave., 25-314 Kielce, Poland
Submission date: 2017-02-07
Final revision date: 2017-06-10
Acceptance date: 2017-06-21
Online publication date: 2017-11-21
Publication date: 2018-01-02
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(1):397-402
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In practice, the propagation of electromagnetic waves is used in a large number of telecommunication
wireless systems (e.g., satellites, radar, mobile phones, etc.). Since 2010 the Kielce University of Technology
has been a member of a project focused on COST Action IC0802 – Propagation Tools and Data for
Integrated Telecommunication, Navigation, and Earth Observation Systems. The main scientific objective
was to analyze the impact of weather conditions on the quality of satellite transmissions. This article
presents part of the results of that project for frequencies between 26 GHz and 50 GHz. This information
may be useful for ensuring the proper reception of microwave satellite signals and to minimize the risk of
lack of communication due to adverse weather conditions.