A method performed by a satellite terminal for compensating for noise and interference in a Ka band satellite system, the method comprising: for each respective frequency of a plurality of frequencies, performing a ranging process (702, 704, 706, 710, 712) comprising: transmitting a ranging signal over the respective frequency from the satellite terminal; receiving, at the satellite terminal from a satellite gateway, a signal quality indicator in response to the transmitting the ranging signal over the respective frequency; adjusting a transmit power on the respective frequency at the satellite terminal based on a difference between the signal quality indicator and a signal quality target (612, 616, 620); repeating the transmitting of the ranging signal, the receiving of the signal quality indicator, and the adjusting of the transmit power until the difference between the received signal quality indicator and the signal quality target is within a predefined tolerance; and storing a value representing the adjusted transmission power as a ranged power setting at the respective frequency in a vector of ranged power settings for the plurality of frequencies when the difference between the received signal quality indicator and the signal quality target is within the predefined tolerance (612, 614); performing, after the ranging process for each of the respective frequencies is completed, the steps of: setting a new transmit power for transmitting a frame on one of the plurality of frequencies, the new transmit power being determined based on the ranged power setting for the one of the plurality of frequencies, a value of a long term filter for the one of the plurality of frequencies, and a value of a system tracking filter, the long term filter tracking slow changing variations in a noise plus interference floor for the one of the plurality of frequencies and the system tracking filter tracking fast changing variations in end-to-end channel gain, and transmitting the frame on the one of the plurality of frequencies at the new transmit power. transmitting a ranging signal over the respective frequency from the satellite terminal; receiving, at the satellite terminal from a satellite gateway, a signal quality indicator in response to the transmitting the ranging signal over the respective frequency; adjusting a transmit power on the respective frequency at the satellite terminal based on a difference between the signal quality indicator and a signal quality target (612, 616, 620); repeating the transmitting of the ranging signal, the receiving of the signal quality indicator, and the adjusting of the transmit power until the difference between the received signal quality indicator and the signal quality target is within a predefined tolerance; and storing a value representing the adjusted transmission power as a ranged power setting at the respective frequency in a vector of ranged power settings for the plurality of frequencies when the difference between the received signal quality indicator and the signal quality target is within the predefined tolerance (612, 614); performing, after the ranging process for each of the respective frequencies is completed, the steps of: setting a new transmit power for transmitting a frame on one of the plurality of frequencies, the new transmit power being determined based on the ranged power setting for the one of the plurality of frequencies, a value of a long term filter for the one of the plurality of frequencies, and a value of a system tracking filter, the long term filter tracking slow changing variations in a noise plus interference floor for the one of the plurality of frequencies and the system tracking filter tracking fast changing variations in end-to-end channel gain, and transmitting the frame on the one of the plurality of frequencies at the new transmit power. setting a new transmit power for transmitting a frame on one of the plurality of frequencies, the new transmit power being determined based on the ranged power setting for the one of the plurality of frequencies, a value of a long term filter for the one of the plurality of frequencies, and a value of a system tracking filter, the long term filter tracking slow changing variations in a noise plus interference floor for the one of the plurality of frequencies and the system tracking filter tracking fast changing variations in end-to-end channel gain, and transmitting the frame on the one of the plurality of frequencies at the new transmit power.