Cascade Designer
Cascade Space
Drag-and-drop link-budget design and simulation tool — RF component library, 3D antenna patterns, CCSDS demodulator modeling, API for trajectory analysis.
Technical specifications
- Function
- Link-budget design and simulation
- Supported modes
- CCSDS demodulator modeling (C/N0, Eb/N0, margin)
- Integration
- API for batch trajectory analysis
- Underlying library
- spacelink (open-source Python)
About
Cascade Designer is a drag-and-drop link-budget design and simulation tool featuring a library of generic RF components plus commercially available parts from vendors. It supports 3D antenna patterns, transmitter/attenuator/gain blocks to model RF chains, free-space path loss (Friis equation), the Cascade Array itself with configurable modes/bands and displayed pricing, and demodulators for CCSDS modes computing C/N0, Eb/N0, and margin. It includes team management features and an API for batch analysis of mission trajectories, built on Cascade’s open-source Python library for modeling space communications.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
