Land earth station
A land earth station (also: land earth radio station) is – according to Article 1.70 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)[1] – defined as "An earth station in the fixed-satellite service or, in some cases, in the mobile-satellite service, located at a specified fixed point or within a specified area on land to provide a feeder link for the mobile-satellite service."
Land earth station, here: aerial for feeder link (uplink)
Each station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.
- See also
Classification
In accordance with ITU Radio Regulations (article 1) this type of radio station might be classified as follows:
Earth station (article 1.63)
- Mobile earth station (article 1.68) of the mobile-satellite service (article 1.25)
- Land earth station
- Land mobile earth station (article 1.74) of the land mobile-satellite service (article 1.27)
- Base earth station (article 1.72) of the fixed-satellite service
- Coast earth station (article 1.76) of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service
- Ship earth station (article 1.78) of the mobile-satellite service
- Aeronautical earth station (article 1.82) of the fixed-satellite service / aeronautical mobile-satellite service (article 1.35)
- Aircraft earth station (article 1.84) of the aeronautical mobile-satellite service
References
- ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.70, definition: land earth station / land earth radio station
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