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Table 2 Sensitivity analysis of the initial RAAN on the performance of the communications system. Columns display the value of the RAAN at the initial epoch and the maximum weekly key consumption in London maintainable at 99% SL throughout six years

From: Scheduling of space to ground quantum key distribution

 

RAAN

London 99% SL

1

90.5

5851

2

91.5

5446

3

92.5

5053

4

93.5

4637

5

94.5

4346

6

95.5

4102

7

96.5

3918

8

97.5

3843

9

98.5

3898

10

99.5

4063

11

100.5

4299

12

101.5

4641

13

102.5

5097

14

103.5

5631

15

104.5

6236

16

105.5

6869

17

106.5

7478

18

107.5

8025

19

108.5

8229

20

109.5

8327

21

110.5

8068

22

111.5

7785

23

112.5

7518

24

113.5

6920

25

114.5

6472

26

115.5

5993