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 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 1.70, definition: ''land earth station / land 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

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 ...

, located at a specified fixed point or within a specified area 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 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 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

(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 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

External links

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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