Base earth station



Base earth station (also: base earth radio station) is – according to article 1.72 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as "An earth station in the fixed-satellite service or, in some cases, in the land mobile-satellite service, located at a specified fixed point or within a specified area on land to provide a feeder link for the land mobile-satellite service."

Each station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.
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Classification
In accordance with ITU Radio Regulations (article 1) this type of radio station might be classified as follows:

Earth station (article 1.63)
 * Mobile earth station (article 1.68) of the mobile-satellite service (article 1.25)
 * Land earth station (article 1.70) of the fixed-satellite service (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
 * 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 (article 1.35)
 * Aircraft earth station (article 1.84) of the aeronautical mobile-satellite service

References / sources

 * International Telecommunication Union (ITU)