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MICRO EARTH STATION [1 record]

Record 1 2008-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earth-based Stations
DEF

A satellite system (for voice, data or video) where the satellite dish is less than about 3 metres in diameter.

OBS

very-small-aperture terminal; micro Earth station; VSAT: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations terriennes
DEF

Station terrienne comportant une antenne de petite dimension.

OBS

Un réseau de microstations terriennes comprend généralement une station pivot, ou station maîtresse, et des stations terriennes dépendantes.

OBS

microstation terrienne : Commission de terminologie des télécommunications, Paris, France.

OBS

microstation terrienne; VSAT : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones terrenas
DEF

Estación terrena con una antena parabólica pequeña, para la comunicación vía satélite. También se refiere a las redes VSAT, que son redes de comunicaciones vía satélite.

OBS

Sistema de satélites para voz, datos o imágenes, en el que la antena parabólica mide menos de aproximadamente tres metros de diámetro.

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