Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

Industry: Aerospace

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conditional access

Aerospace; Satellites

A system for restricting access to a particular service to authorised users only (e.g. subscribers to a particular digital bouquet, purchasers of individual pay-per-view events), by means of ...

figure of merit

Aerospace; Satellites

The ratio of the maximum gain of a receiving antenna to the receiving system's equivalent noise temperature. This value is usually expressed in dB/K. It is a measure of the ability of an earth ...

fixed assignment

Aerospace; Satellites

The assignment of fixed amounts of satellite capacity to particular earth stations regardless of their traffic requirements, which may fluctuate over a period of time.

geostationary orbit

Aerospace; Satellites

The orbit of a geosynchronous satellite whose orbit lies in the plane of the earth's equator.

geostationary satellite

Aerospace; Satellites

A satellite that appears to be located at a fixed point in space when viewed from the earth's surface.

intermodulation

Aerospace; Satellites

Mutual interference between signals spaced apart in frequency after non-linear amplification by a common amplifier. In satellite communication systems the phenomenon of intermodulation is usually ...