Link Budget Calculations for HuskySat, version 1

Current scenario for COM1 downlink

--------------------------------------------System variables
Frequency
437
Altitude
580
Zenith angle
50
Bitrate
1200
Tx
Tx
Tx
Rx
Rx

antenna gain
power
cable loss
antenna gain
cable loss

3
20
-2
18
-3

MHz
km
deg
bps
dB
dBm
dB
dB
dB

Receiver Noise Figure

2
--------------------------------------------Computed variables
EIRP
21
Free space path loss
-144
Atmospheric loss
-0.4
Antenna alignment loss
-0.7
Isotropically received power -123
Receiver net gain
15
Rx power
-109

dBm
dB
dB
dB
dBm
dB
dBm

Noise power at Rx
Receiver noise temp
Receiver cable noise temp
Equivalant system temp
SNR received
SNR required (FSK, BER 10^-5)

-138
338
289
927
29
13

dBm
K
K
K
dB
dB

16

dB

Overall Link margin

dB