Systems, apparatus, and methods for calibration of satellite communication antennas

1 . An aerial vehicle comprising:

an antenna;

an attitude sensor to measure attitude values when the aerial vehicle is at a first heading, the attitude values including a roll value, a pitch value, and a heading value;

machine-readable instructions; and

at least one programmable circuit to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine-readable instructions to at least:

identify a first angular position of the antenna associated with a peak power of a signal received by the antenna when the aerial vehicle is at the first heading;

identify a second angular position of the antenna associated with a peak power of a signal received by the antenna when the aerial vehicle is at a second heading, the second heading different than the first heading;

determine an offset between the attitude sensor and the antenna based on the first angular position, the second angular position, and the attitude values; and

cause a pointing angle of the antenna relative to an external source to be adjusted based on the offset.

2 . The aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to determine the offset by:

determining a roll value, a pitch value, and a heading value for the aerial vehicle based on first coordinates associated with the first angular position and second coordinates associated with the second angular position; and

performing a comparison of the determined roll value, the determined pitch value, and the determined heading value to the roll value, the pitch value, and the heading value measured by the attitude sensor when the aerial vehicle is at the first heading.

3 . The aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to cause an output of the attitude sensor to be adjusted based on the offset.

4 . The aerial vehicle of claim 3 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to execute a pointing algorithm based on the adjusted output of the attitude sensor to determine the pointing angle of the antenna relative to the external source.

5 . The aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the at least one programmable circuit is to:

cause the antenna to move between a plurality of angular positions when the aerial vehicle is at the first heading; and

identify the first angular position based on received signal strength associated with respective ones of the plurality of angular positions.

6 . The aerial vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the attitude sensor is separate from the antenna.