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  2. Satellite communication | Definition, History, & Facts |...

    www.britannica.com/technology/satellite-communication

    Satellite communication, the use of artificial satellites to provide communication links between various points on Earth. Satellite communications play a vital role in the global telecommunications system.

  3. Communications satellite - Wikipedia

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    A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.

  4. Satellite communication - Orbit, Signals, Relay | Britannica

    www.britannica.com/technology/satellite-communication/How-satellites-work

    A satellite is basically a self-contained communications system with the ability to receive signals from Earth and to retransmit those signals back with the use of a transponder—an integrated receiver and transmitter of radio signals.

  5. Satellite Communication - MIT OpenCourseWare

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    Satellite Communications Architecture • Identify Requirements • Specify Architectures • Determine Link Data Rates • Design & Size each link • Document your rationale

  6. Satellite Communication | SpaceNext50 - Encyclopedia Britannica

    www.britannica.com/explore/space/satellite-communication

    Satellite communication, in telecommunications, the use of artificial satellites to provide communication links between various points on Earth. Satellite communications play a vital role in the global telecommunications system.

  7. Communications Satellites: Making the Global Village Possible

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    Cellular telephony has brought us a new technological “system”—the personal communications system (PCS). In the fully developed PCS, the individual would carry his telephone with him. This telephone could be used for voice or data and would be usable anywhere.

  8. Communications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum

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    Learn about how a communications satellite works and how it helps us to connect to each other around the world.

  9. The revised and updated sixth edition of Satellite Communications Systems contains information on the most recent advances related to satellite communications systems, technologies, network architectures and new requirements of services and applications.

  10. Satellite Communications 101: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners

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    Satellite communication is a technology that uses artificial satellites to transmit and receive signals. These signals can carry a wide variety of data, from television broadcasts to internet data and even secure military communications.

  11. Basics of Satellite Communications

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    Birth of satellite communications 1/11 Communications satellites may be used for many applications: • relaying telephone calls • providing communications to remote areas of the Earth, • TV direct-to-user broadcasting • providing communications to ships, aircraft and other mobile vehicles • etc .