Inmarsat coast earth station at Pleumeur-Bodou, France

Coast earth station, also called the coast earth radio station is – according to ''article 1.76'' of the International Telecommunication Union´s (ITU)

ITU Radio Regulations The ITU Radio Regulations (short: RR) is a basic document of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that regulates on law of nations scale radiocommunication services and the utilisation of radio frequencies. It is the supplementation t ...

(RR)ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.76, definition: '' coast earth station / coast earth radio station'' – defined as «''An

earth station A ground station, Earth station, or Earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves fr ...

in the

fixed-satellite service Fixed-satellite service (short: FSS | also: fixed-satellite radiocommunication service) is – according to ''article 1.21'' of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as ''A radiocommunication se ...

or, in some cases, in the

maritime mobile-satellite service Maritime mobile-satellite service (MMSS, or maritime mobile-satellite radiocommunication service) is – according to Article 1.29 of the International Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations (RR) – "A mobile-satellite service in which mobil ...

, located at a specified fixed point on land to provide a

feeder link A feeder link is – according to ''Article 1.115'' of the International Telecommunication Union´s (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.115, definition: ''feeder link'' – ...

for the

''.» Each ''radio station'' shall be classified by the ''service'' in which it operates permanently or temporarily.

Classification

In accordance with ''ITU Radio Regulations'' (article 1) this type of ''radio station'' might be classified as follows:

Earth station A ground station, Earth station, or Earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves fr ...

(article 1.63) * Mobile earth station (article 1.68) of the

mobile-satellite service Mobile-satellite service (MSS, or mobile-satellite radiocommunication service) is – according to Article 1.25 of the International Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations – "A radiocommunication service * between mobile earth stations and ...

(article 1.25) * Land earth station (article 1.70) of the

(article 1.21) or mobile-satellite service ** 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 * 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 Aeronautical mobile-satellite service (short: AMSS; | also: ''aeronautical mobile-satellite radiocommunication service'') is – according to ''Article 1.35'' of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR ...

(article 1.35) * Aircraft earth station (article 1.84) of the ''aeronautical mobile-satellite service''

References

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