Satellite Communication Link Budget Calculator

Satellite Communication Link Budget Calculator

This project is a desktop application developed in Python to simulate and analyze satellite communication links using link budget calculations.

The tool allows users to input different satellite and ground station parameters such as frequency, antenna gain, transmitter power, receiver diameter, noise temperature, and various atmospheric losses. Based on these inputs, the system calculates important communication metrics including:

* Slant range between the ground station and the satellite

* Elevation and azimuth angles

* Free Space Path Loss (FSPL)

* Carrier-to-Noise Ratio (C/N₀)

* Eb/N₀ and link margin

* Received signal power

The application also generates analytical plots to visualize relationships between key parameters such as:

* Link margin vs rain attenuation

* Eb/N0 vs bit rate

* C/N0 vs receiver antenna diameter

Technologies Used:

* Python

* NumPy

* Matplotlib

* Tainter (for GUI)

This project demonstrates practical implementation of satellite communication theory and provides a useful engineering tool for analyzing and optimizing satellite link performance.