Voyager spacecraft link budget
dIn.transmitterPower = 13;
dIn.feedLoss = 0;
dIn.transmitAntennaDiameter = 3.7;
dIn.transmitAntennaEff = 1;
dIn.transmitAntennaType = 'circular aperture';
dIn.pathLength = 15e9;
dIn.frequency = 8.415;
dIn.requiredEbOverNo = 5;
dIn.channelBandwidth = 0.5;
dIn.bitRate = 1.3e-3;
dIn.fIllumination = 18;
dIn.pointingError = 0.0;
dIn.psi = 0;
dIn.elevationAngle = 90;
dIn.tAttenuatorAmbient = 0;
dIn.lossAttenuator = 0;
dIn.tGround = 0;
dIn.feedLossGround = 0;
dIn.tAttenuatorAmbient = 0;
dIn.receiveAntennaDiameter = 70;
dIn.receiveAntennaEff = 1.0;
dIn.receiveAntennaType = 'circular aperture';
dIn.modulation = 'D-BPSK';
LinkBudget( dIn );
'Transmitter Power' ' 11.14' 'dBW'
'Feed Loss' ' 0.00' 'dB'
'Path Loss' ' -314.47' 'dB'
'Frequency' ' 8.41' 'GHz'
'Path Length' '15000000000.00' 'km'
'Transmit Antenna G…' ' 50.27' 'dB'
'EIRP' ' 61.41' 'dB'
'Required $E_b/N_o$' ' 5.00' 'dB'
'Channel Bandwidth' ' 56.99' 'dB-Hz'
'Bit Rate' ' 31.14' 'dB-Mb/s'
'Boltzmann Constant' ' -228.60' 'dBW/Hz-K'
'Absorption Loss' ' -0.04' 'dB'
'Polarization Loss' ' 0.00' 'dB'
'Rain Loss' ' 0.00' 'dB'
'Receive Antenna Gain' ' 75.81' 'dB'
'Receive System $G/T$' ' 71.36' 'dB/K'
'Pointing Loss' ' 0.00' 'dB'
'Received Power' ' -253.10' 'dBW'
'Received $C/N_o$' ' 46.86' 'dB/Hz'
'Received $C/N$' ' -10.13' 'dB/Hz'
'Received $E_b/N_o$' ' 15.72' 'dB'
'Margin' ' 10.72' 'dB'
'BEP' '3.01e-17' ''