An Earth station is the ground based (terrestrial) end of a communications link to an object in space. The space end of the link is occaisionally referred to as a space station.
The majority of earth stations are used to communicate with communications satellites, and so are called satellite earth stations, but others are used to communicate with space probes, and manned spacecraft. Where the communications link is used mainly to carry telemetry, the earth station is often referred to as a tracking station. U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... A satellite earth station is a communications facility with a microwave radio transmitting and receiving antenna and required receiving and transmitting equipment for communicating with satellites. ... A space probe is an unmanned space mission in which a spacecraft leaves Earths orbit. ... A spacecraft is designed to leave Earths atmosphere and operate beyond the surface of the Earth in outer space. ... Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to the system designer or operator. ...
The Bukit Timah Satellite Earth Station is the Singapores first satellite earth station. ... Arthur, The worlds first parabolic satellite communications antenna Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large telecommunications site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula of the English county of Cornwall. ... Canberra Deep Dish Communications Complex Honeysuckle Creek was a NASA spacecraft-tracking station near Canberra, Australia at 35°35′02″ S 148°58′37″ E from 1967 to 1981. ... Entrance to the KPSTS. The Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station is a United States Air Force military installation in Kaena Point on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. ...
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Satellite earth station A satellite earth station is a communications facility with a microwave radio transmitting and receiving antenna and required receiving and transmitting equipment for communicating with satellites. ...
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