Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In telecommunication, a power budget is the allocation, within a system, of available electrical power, among the various functions that need to be performed. Note: An example of a power budget in a communications satellite is the allocation of available power among various functions, such as maintaining satellite orientation, maintaining orbital control, performing signal reception, and performing signal retransmission. Synonym system budget. Source: from Federal Standard 1037C This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.