RECOMMENDATION ITU-R S.1257-3 - Analytical method to calculate short-term visibility and interference statistics for non-geos ANNEX 1 APPENDIX 1 TO ANNEX 1 - Calculation of the needed discrimination angle for a given interference level APPENDIX 2 TO ANNEX 1 - Calculation of in-area statistics for non-GSO satellites 1 Introduction 2 Symbols used (in Appendix 2 and Appendix 3) 3 Calculation of probability APPENDIX 3* TO ANNEX 1 - Derivation of the formulae given in Appendix 2 1 Probability that a satellite is in a given area 2 Calculation of the area 3 Simulation programme 4 Verification of the formulae 5 Visibility and worst-case azimuth 6 Conclusion ANNEX 2 1 Summary 2 Derivation 3 Verification 4 Range of applicability ANNEX 3 1 Summary 2 Relative orientation of the non-GSO satellite track and the GSO earth station antenna beam 3 Average length of path through the ellipsoid 4 Effective angular velocity 5 Average duration of interference events 6 Frequency of occurrence of interference events 7 Verification