Digital Link Budget

Produced using Satmaster Pro

Thursday, December 06, 2018

Service Name Broadcast

Uplink earth station Lahore, Pakistan
Downlink earth stationLahore, Pakistan
Satellite name PAKSAT 1R

Link Input Parameters Up Down Units

Site latitude 31.57N 31.57N degrees
Site longitude 74.37E 74.37E degrees
Frequency 6 4 GHz
Polarization Horizontal Vertical 0
Antenna aperture 4.5 2.4 metres
Antenna efficiency / gain 65 65 % (+ prefix dBi)
Coupling loss 0.3 0.3 dB
LNB noise figure / temp 0 25 dB (+ prefix K)
Antenna noise 0 45 K

Satellite Input Parameters Value Units Carrier/Link Input Parameters Value Units
Satellite longitude 38.00E degrees Modulation 8-PSK 0
Transponder type TWTA 0 Required Eb/No with FEC coding 6 dB
Receive G/T 1 dB/K Information rate 10.08 Mbps
EIRP (saturation) 42 dBW FEC code rate 0.6 0
Transponder bandwidth 36 MHz Reed Solomon code 1 0

General Calculations Up Down Units Totals per Carrier (End-to-End) Clear Rain Up Rain Dn Units
Elevation 36.33 36.33 degrees System margin 0 0 0 dB
True azimuth 234.59 234.59 degrees Net Eb/(No+Io) 6.48 6 6.26 dB
Compass bearing 232.98 232.98 degrees Required Eb/(No+Io) 6 6 6 dB
Availability (average year) 99.9 99.9 % Excess margin 0.48 0 0.26 dB

Earth Station Power Requirements Value Units Space Segment Utilization Value Units
Number of HPA carriers 1 0 Information rate (inc overhead) 10.08 Mbps
Total HPA power required 10.7509 dBW Transmit rate 16.8 Mbps
Required HPA power capability 11.89 W Symbol rate 5.600 Mbaud
Allocated transponder bandwidth 7 MHz
Max transponder carriers limited by:-Bandwidth

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