Communications satellite

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Communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to SATCOM) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications.

Communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to SATCOM) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications.

Modern communications satellites use a variety of orbits including geostationary orbits, Molniya orbits, other elliptical orbits and low (polar and non-polar) Earth orbits.

For fixed (point-to-point) services, communications satellites provide a microwave radio relay technology.

[edit] Also see

• Digital Terrestrial Television
• Sports channels
• Satellite relay
• Basic Interoperable Scrambling System
• Satellite
• Datacasting
• Basic Interoperable Scrambling System
• Broadband Global Area Network

[edit] Reference

1. See Wikipedia Communications satellite [1]

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