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The effective use of the signals at different frequencies or from new GNSS systems can improve the accuracy, reliability, and resolution of the GNSS-R data products. This paper analyses the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the GNSS-R measurements from Galileo and BeiDou-3 (BDS-3) systems, which is one of the important indicators to measure the quality of GNSS-R data. The multi-GNSS (GPS, Galileo and BDS-3) complex waveform products generated from the raw intermediate frequency data from TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1) satellite and Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) constellation are used for such analyses. The SNR and normalized SNR (NSNR) of the reflected signals from Galileo and BDS-3 satellites are compared to these from GPS. Preliminary results show that the GNSS-R SNRs from Galileo and BDS-3 are \u223c1\u20132 dB lower than the GNSS-R measurements from GPS, which could be due to the power of the transmitted power and the bandwidth of the receiver. In addition, the effect of coherent integration time on GNSS-R SNR is also assessed for different GNSS signals. It is shown that the SNR of the reflected signals can be improved by using longer coherent integration time (\u223c0.4\u20130.8 dB with 2 ms coherent integration and \u223c0.6\u20131.2 dB with 4 ms coherent integration). In addition, it is also shown that the SNR can be improved more efficiently (\u223c0.2\u20130.4 dB) for reflected BDS-3 and Galileo signals than for GPS. These results can provide useful references for the design of future spaceborne GNSS-R instrument compatible with reflections from multi-GNSS constellations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14010035","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,23]],"date-time":"2021-12-23T02:02:57Z","timestamp":1640224977000},"page":"35","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Signal-to-Noise Ratio Analyses of Spaceborne GNSS-Reflectometry from Galileo and BeiDou Satellites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9101-4007","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yang","family":"Nan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shirong","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jingnan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GNSS Research Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4042-8955","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bofeng","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuangcheng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang\u2019an University, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6215-7607","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Weiqiang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), 08193 Barcelona, Spain"},{"name":"Institut d\u2019Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hall, C.D., and Cordey, R.A. 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