A satellite link is a communications subsystem that involves a link between a transmitting Earth station and a receiving Earth station via a communications satellite. In Telecommunication a data link is the means of connecting one location to another for the purpose of transmitting and receiving digital information An earth station or ground station is the surface-based (terrestrial end of a Communications link to an object in Outer space. A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial Satellite stationed in space for the purposes of Telecommunications.

See also

• Earth terminal
• Telecommunications link
• Satellite Truck
• Ku band
• C Band
• Uplink Truck

See Satellite truck

An Earth terminal, in a Satellite link, is one of the non-orbiting communications stations that receives processes and transmits signals between itself and a Satellite Uplink An uplink (UL or U/L is the portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal A satellite truck is a mobile satellite Earth station typically mounted on a truck chassis as a platform allowing satellite transmission from any location that the vehicle The Ku band ( pronounced "kay-yoo") is a portion of the Electromagnetic spectrum in the Microwave range of frequencies

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