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'''Satellite communications''' include a wide range of technologies and applications that | '''Satellite communications''' include a wide range of technologies and applications that depend on high-altitude electronic relay(s), most often artificial satellites in [[satellite orbits|Earth orbit]]. The article is not titled "communications satellite", since many applications involve multiple orbiting vehicles, and also a great deal of equipment on Earth. The definition is sufficiently broad to include communications that use communications relay devices operating within the atmosphere, including [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s, lighter-than-air devices carrying electronics, or manned aircraft with a primary communications relay function. | ||
Revision as of 14:35, 10 April 2009
Satellite communications include a wide range of technologies and applications that depend on high-altitude electronic relay(s), most often artificial satellites in Earth orbit. The article is not titled "communications satellite", since many applications involve multiple orbiting vehicles, and also a great deal of equipment on Earth. The definition is sufficiently broad to include communications that use communications relay devices operating within the atmosphere, including unmanned aerial vehicles, lighter-than-air devices carrying electronics, or manned aircraft with a primary communications relay function.