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Satellite phone — A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites. Depending on the architecture of a particular system, coverage may include the entire Earth, or… … Wikipedia
satellite phone — n. satellite telephone, satphone, mobile phone linked to a network of satellites and provides clear portable communication from anywhere … English contemporary dictionary
satellite phone — /sætəlaɪt ˈfoʊn/ (say satuhluyt fohn) noun a type of cellular telephone that connects by radio signals to orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cells (cell1 def. 11a) …
Satellite Internet access — Satellite Internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and in locations which move frequently. Internet access via satellite is available worldwide, including vessels at sea and mobile land… … Wikipedia
Satellite radio — is an analogue or digital radio signal that is relayed through one or more satellites and thus can be received in a much wider geographical area than terrestrial FM radio stations. While in Europe many primarily FM radio stations provide an… … Wikipedia
Satellite navigation — Geodesy Fundamentals Geodesy · … Wikipedia
Satellite — This article is about artificial satellites. For natural satellites, also known as moons, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). An animation depicting the orbits of GPS satellites in medium Earth orbit … Wikipedia
Satellite television — List of digital television broadcast standards DVB standards (Europe) DVB S (satellite) DVB S2 DVB T (terrestrial) DVB T2 DVB C … Wikipedia
Satellite dish — A C band satellite dish … Wikipedia
Satellite Digital Imaging System — The Satellite Digital Imaging System (SDIS) is a simple system composed of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) hardware and custom integration software, which allows the operator to transmit digital photos from an aircraft in flight to a ground… … Wikipedia
