1
Introduction
2 Calculations of interference from MESs to space
VLBI receivers
2.1
Characteristics of space VLBI satellites
2.2
Interference criterion
2.3
Characteristics of space radio telescope on-board antennas
2.3.1 Approach 1 –
Examination of ITU-R Recommendations
2.3.2 Approach 2 − Spherical integration
2.3.3 Conclusions regarding the satellite
antenna
2.4
Interference simulations 6
3 Results
3.1 Results
for the Radioastron system
3.2
Results for the HALCA system
3.3
Further simulation results
3.4
Comparison of results for the different MES types 14