Browse and Interrogate ITU Databases
Sat-Coord can be used to interrogate and retrieve information from most ITU database files (including the SRS, IFIC and SPS database files) quickly and accurately. Search criteria can be defined to retrieve just the information you need, and the results can be exported to any text or CSV compatible application.
In order to best describe the features that Sat-Coord offers, a few examples of searches which can be performed with the software are shown below, but bear in mind that searches from within Sat-Coord are completely freeform in nature meaning you can start with any search, and perform any search you wish from this.
Simple Searching
The image shown on the right shows the output from the following searches performed on the INMARSAT 4 109E satellite network.
- Notification Reason: this search outputs a code indicating the type of filing made. The results of "A" and "C" refer to an advance publication information filing (API) or a coordination request (CR) filing respectively.
- Regulatory Date of Receipt: this search returns the associated date of receipt of the filing which is very important for coordination request filings denoting their date of protection.
- Frequency Range Merged (MHz): this search returns the list of filed frequency bands with overlapping bands merged to ease readability. It can be seen that for this coordination request filing the L-Band and C-Band were included.
Further searches can be performed from any part of this output for any data contained in the associated ITU database files including emission data, associated earth station data or beam data.
Custom Searching
The image to the right shows an example custom search which has been generated to find the potential coordiation cases for the above examined satellite network using the coordination arc concept.
To find these a search is set up to find filings that have an orbital separation of 10° or less, has a regulatory date of receipt prior to the examined filing and has an overlapping frequency range.
You can also specify which fields you want to output, in this case the orbital position and administration have been chosen, and the resulting output of the search is shown.
The search results can then be examined further by performing any new search as necessary. In the example, the satellite network names and beams have been identified for one of the coordination cases.
These searches can be as complex as needed - finding specific frequency ranges, emission codes or power ranges for example.
Searches such as this one are particuarly useful to process the fortnightly IFIC database files for new planned networks that have the potential to cause harmful interference to the satellite networks you wish to protect.