Link Budget

Produced using Satmaster Pro

Sunday 9 May 2021

Service Name AI_APT9_DN-1,5M

Coverage INDONESIA
Uplink earth station Jakarta, Indonesia
Downlink earth station Jayapura, Indonesia
Satellite name Apstar-9
Modcod DVBS2,normal frame,16-APSK (3/4),no pilots

Link Input Parameters Up Down Units

Site latitude 6.13S 2.47S degrees
Site longitude 106.75E 140.63E degrees
Site altitude 0.080 0.000 km
Frequency 6.5 3.5 GHz
Polarization Vertical Horizontal
Rain model Clear sky Clear sky
Rain zone or mm/h 0 0
Availability (average year) N/A N/A %
Antenna aperture 11 2.4 metres
Antenna efficiency or gain (+ or - prefix) 60 60 % or dBi
Coupling loss 0.5 0.2 dB
Antenna mispoint loss 0.5 0.1 dB
Other path losses 0.2 0.1 dB
LNB noise figure or temp (+ prefix) 0.8 dB or K
Antenna noise 41.10 K
C/ACI 30 dB
C/ASI 26.00 dB
C/CCI 35 dB
HPA C/IM 26 dB
C/ACI 24 dB
C/ASI 26.00 dB
C/CCI 30 dB
Uplink station HPA output back-off 3 dB
Uplink power control available 1 dB
Number of carriers / HPA 2
Required HPA power MIN W

Satellite Input Parameters Value Units

Satellite longitude 142.00E degrees
Transponder type LTWTA
G/T Reference 0 dB/K
SFD Reference -90 dBW/m2
Receive G/T 2.61 dB/K
Attenuator pad (gain step) 0 dB
Effective SFD -92.61 dBW/m2
Satellite ALC 0 dB
EIRP (saturation) 45 dBW
EIRP (beam peak) 41 dBW
Transponder bandwidth 36 MHz
Input back off total 6 dB
Output back off total 3 dB
C/IM 18.81 dB
Carriers per transponder AUTO

Carrier/Link Input Parameters Value Units

Modulation 16-PSK
Required Es/No 10.21 dB
Information rate 1.5 Mbps
Information rate overhead 2 %
FEC code rate 0.7417
Spreading gain 0 dB
(1 + Roll off factor) 1.05
Carrier spacing factor 1.05
Bandwidth allocation step size 0.5 MHz
Implementation loss 0.5 dB
System margin 0.5 dB
Calculations at Saturation Value Units
Gain 1m^2 37.71 dB/m2
Uplink C/No 100.89 dB.Hz
Downlink C/No 94.88 dB.Hz
Total C/No 93.91 dB.Hz
Uplink EIRP for saturation 70.55 dBW

General Calculations Up Down Units

Elevation 48.55 86.68 degrees
True azimuth 81.41 29.03 degrees
Compass bearing 80.64 25.61 degrees
Path distance to satellite 37170.18 35793.13 km
XPD during rain 0.00 0.00 dB
Propagation time delay 0.123986 0.119393 seconds
Antenna efficiency 60.00 60.00 %
Antenna gain 55.27 36.67 dBi
Availability (average year) N/A N/A %
Link downtime (average year) N/A N/A hours
Availability (worst month) N/A N/A %
Link downtime (worst month) N/A N/A hours
Maximum possible availability N/A N/A %
Minimum possible antenna size 2.4000 metres
Carrier EIRP (beam peak) 18.13 dBW

Uplink Calculation Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units

Transmit EIRP 44.69 44.69 44.69 dBW
Uplink power control used 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Transponder input back-off (total) 6.00 6.00 6.00 dB
Input back-off per carrier 25.87 25.87 25.87 dB
Antenna mispoint 0.50 0.50 0.50 dB
Free space loss 200.11 200.11 200.11 dB
Atmospheric absorption 0.07 0.07 0.07 dB
Tropospheric scintillation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Cloud attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Rain attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Total attenuation (gas-rain-cloud-scintillation) 0.07 0.07 0.07 dB
Other path losses 0.20 0.20 0.20 dB
C/No (thermal) 75.02 75.02 75.02 dB.Hz
C/N (thermal) 17.89 17.89 17.89 dB
C/ACI 30.00 30.00 30.00 dB
C/ASI 26.00 26.00 26.00 dB
C/CCI 35.00 35.00 35.00 dB
C/IM 26.00 26.00 26.00 dB
C/(N+I) [ = Es/(No+Io) ] 16.46 16.46 16.46 dB
Eb/(No+Io) 11.74 11.74 11.74 dB

Downlink Calculation Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units

Satellite EIRP total 45.00 45.00 45.00 dBW
Transponder output back-off (total) 3.00 3.00 3.00 dB
Output back-off per carrier 22.87 22.87 22.87 dB
Satellite EIRP per carrier 22.13 22.13 22.13 dBW
Antenna mispoint 0.10 0.10 0.10 dB
Free space loss 194.41 194.41 194.41 dB
Atmospheric absorption 0.04 0.04 0.04 dB
Tropospheric scintillation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Cloud attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Rain attenuation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Total attenuation (gas-rain-cloud-scintillation) 0.04 0.04 0.04 dB
Other path losses 0.10 0.10 0.10 dB
Noise increase due to precipitation 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Downlink degradation (DND) 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB
Total system noise 113.53 113.53 113.53 K
Figure of merit (G/T) 15.92 15.92 15.92 dB/K
C/No (thermal) 72.01 72.01 72.01 dB.Hz
C/N (thermal) 14.89 14.89 14.89 dB
C/ACI 24.00 24.00 24.00 dB
C/ASI 26.00 26.00 26.00 dB
C/CCI 30.00 30.00 30.00 dB
C/IM 18.81 18.81 18.81 dB
C/(N+I) [ = Es/(No+Io) ] 12.75 12.75 12.75 dB
Eb/(No+Io) 8.03 8.03 8.03 dB
Totals per Carrier (End-to-End) Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units
C/No (thermal) 70.25 70.25 70.25 dB.Hz
C/N (thermal) 13.12 13.12 13.12 dB
C/ACI 23.03 23.03 23.03 dB
C/ASI 22.99 22.99 22.99 dB
C/CCI 28.81 28.81 28.81 dB
C/IM 18.05 18.05 18.05 dB
C/I (total) 15.69 15.69 15.69 dB
C/(No+Io) 68.33 68.33 68.33 dB.Hz
C/(N+I) [ = Es/(No+Io) ] 11.21 11.21 11.21 dB
Eb/(No+Io) 6.49 6.49 6.49 dB
Implementation loss 0.50 0.50 0.50 dB
System margin 0.50 0.50 0.50 dB
Net Es/(No+Io) 10.21 10.21 10.21 dB
Required Es/(No+Io) 10.21 10.21 10.21 dB
Excess margin 0.00 0.00 0.00 dB

EIRP Density Calculations Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units

Flange transmit (up) -67.71 -67.71 -67.71 dBW/Hz
Satellite (down) -34.99 -34.99 -34.99 dBW/Hz
Satellite beam peak (down) -38.99 -38.99 -38.99 dBW/Hz
Flange receive (down) -192.86 -192.86 -192.86 dBW/Hz

Earth Station Power Requirements Value Units

EIRP per carrier 44.69 dBW
Available uplink power control 1.00 dB
Total EIRP required 45.69 dBW
Antenna gain 55.27 dBi
Antenna feed flange power per carrier -10.59 dBW
HPA output back off 3.00 dB
Waveguide loss 0.5 dB
Number of HPA carriers 2
Total HPA power required -3.0776 dBW
Required HPA power 0.4923 W

Space Segment Utilization Value Units

Overall availability N/A %
Information rate 1.5000 Mbps
Information rate (inc overhead) 1.5300 Mbps
Transmit rate 2.0628 Mbps
Symbol rate 0.5157 Mbaud
Noise Bandwidth 57.12 dB.Hz
Occupied bandwidth 0.5415 MHz
Minimum allocated bandwidth required 0.5415 MHz
Allocated transponder bandwidth 1.0000 MHz
Link efficiency 1.530 bps/Hz
Percentage transponder bandwidth used 2.78 %
Used transponder power 22.13 dBW
Percentage transponder power used 1.03 %
Max carriers / transponder 36.00
Limited by: Bandwidth
Power equivalent bandwidth usage 0.3711 MHz