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EARTH EXPLORATION-SATELLITE SERVICE [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Spacecraft
DEF

[A radiocommunication] service between Earth stations and one or more space stations, which may include links between space stations ...

OBS

In an Earth exploration-satellite service system, information relating to the characteristics of the Earth and its natural phenomena, including data relating to the state of the environment, is obtained from active or passive sensors located on Earth-orbiting satellites. Similar information is collected from airborne or Earth-based platforms. All information or data that is collected may be distributed to Earth stations within the system concerned. Platform interrogations may also be included, and the service may include feeder links that are necessary for its operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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