Land earth station

Land earth station, here: aerial for feeder link’’ (uplink)

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.»

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

1. ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.70, definition: land earth station / land earth radio station

External links

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)