Link Budget References¶

• Link Budget References
  • Background Material
  • Example Calculations
  • Video Tutorials
  • Selected Link Budget Source Document

Background Material¶

• Link Budget Calculation
• Tutorial on Basic Link Budget Analysis

Example Calculations¶

• KickSat Ground Station Link Budget (MS Excel)
• Jan King's AMSAT link budget extensive (MS Excel)

Video Tutorials¶

• Link Budgets Part 1, Intro to Satellite Link Budgets
• Link Budget part 2, Transmission Segment
• Link Budget part 3, Trigonometry Refresher
• Link Budget part 4, Propagation Loss
• "Link Budget part 5, Ground Segment":
• "Link Budget part 6, Putting It All Together":
• "Link Budget part 7, Software Solutions":

Selected Link Budget Source Document¶

The Ground Sphere Mk 3 team has decided to build its Python Link Budget library on the calculations used in the KickSat Ground Station Link Budget. This spreadsheet includes nearly all of the required transmission effects and has been verified by comparing its results to manual calculations.