Limits of Visibility

There will be east and west limits on the geostationary arc visible from any given earth station. The limits will be set by the geographic coordinates of the earth station and the antenna elevation. The lowest elevation in theory is zero, when the antenna is pointing along the horizontal. A quick estimate of the longitudinal limits can be made by considering an earth station at the equator, with the antenna pointing either west or east along the horizontal, as shown in Fig. 3.6. The limiting angle is given by