satellite systems
Space-based communication infrastructure
Satellite systems are networks of artificial satellites working together to provide communication, navigation, or observation services.
GPS is a satellite system for positioning; Starlink is one for internet access.
The term also covers the ground equipment that communicates with satellites: The company installs satellite systems for rural broadband.
In home entertainment, a satellite system receives broadcast television signals.
- uplinkTransmission to spacecraft
- downlinkSpacecraft-to-Earth transmission
- ground stationSurface facility receiving spacecraft signals
- ground controlEarth-based flight management
- dishFood container or recipe
GPS tracking · remote sensing · atomic clock · triangulation · signal · dead zone · Galileo · control · telemetry · constellation · transponder · frequency band · geostationary orbit · polar orbit · launch · ephemeris · orbital mechanics · orbit
- military equipmenttanks, assault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines
- telecomwireless, cellular, telecommunications, carriers, telephone
- smart systemssmart home, smart grid, neural networks, smart meters, smart thermostat
- EU budgetbudget control, customs duties, recovery fund, bailout funds, bailouts
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- automationautomation, macros, macro, automate, hotkeys
satellite systemsground stations
Land-based signal receivers
underground cables · radio towers · broadcast towers · microwave towers
satellite systemscable systems
Coaxial transmission infrastructure
fiber optics · undersea cables · telephone lines · DSL · ethernet