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RECOMMENDATION ITU-R S.1257-3 Analytical method to calculate short-term visibility and interference statistics for non-geostationary satellite orbit satellites as seen from apoint on the Earth’s surface (Questions ITU-R 206/4 and ITU-R 231/4) (1997-2000-2001-2002) The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly, considering a) that there may be a need to calculate the probabilities of exceeding a given interference level in interference or sharing studies between non-GSO satellite orbit stations and other stations; b) that there are computer simulation programmes to derive the required statistics but such programmes may not be commonly available; c) that computer simulations can be used to provide a large amount of statistics with good accuracy, but they may need expertise in their use and may require considerable time to run; d) that in some cases analytical methods may be time saving and need less sophisticated means for calculation of limited amount of statistics, recommends 1 that the analytical methodology given in Annex 1 can be used to obtain short-term visibility statistics for interference and sharing studies between non-GSO networks and other GSO FSS networks (The term “probability” is not used in the strict mathematical sense. It signifies “percentage of time”.); 2 that the methodology given in Annex 2 can then be used to obtain short-term interference statistics for interference and sharing studies between non-GSO networks and other GSO FSS networks; 3 that the information given in Annex 3 may be used to extend the methodology in Annex?1 to enable information on the frequencies and durations of short-term interference events to be derived; 4 that the following Notes should be regarded as part of this Recommendation: NOTE?1?–?The methodology can be used for interference calculations between non-GSO feeder links and GSO stations. They can also be applied to any case where one antenna is pointing to a fixed direction and the other is either on board a?non-GSO satell