the footprint of a communications satellite
1Communications satellite — A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to COMSAT) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications. Modern communications satellites use a variety of orbits including geostationary orbits, Molniya… …
2Footprint (satellite) — The footprint of a communications satellite is the ground area that its transponders offer coverage, and determines the satellite dish diameter required to receive each transponder s signal. There is usually a different map for each transponder… …
3Satellite radio — is an analogue or digital radio signal that is relayed through one or more satellites and thus can be received in a much wider geographical area than terrestrial FM radio stations. While in Europe many primarily FM radio stations provide an… …
4footprint — [foot′print΄] n. 1. an impression or mark made by a foot or shoe, as in sand 2. an area, or its shape, which something affects, occupies, etc., as the space taken up by a computer, the coverage pattern of a communications satellite, etc …
5Satellite — This article is about artificial satellites. For natural satellites, also known as moons, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). An animation depicting the orbits of GPS satellites in medium Earth orbit …
6footprint — /foot print /, n. 1. a mark left by the shod or unshod foot, as in earth or sand. 2. an impression of the sole of a person s foot, esp. one taken for purposes of identification. 3. Informal. the track of a tire, esp. on wet pavement. 4. the area… …
7footprint — F/A/V 1. indicates where possible mounting points are to join two pieces together, the total contact area, and how they may or may not fit together. 2. space required to house an equipment rack or device. 3. coverage area of a communications… …
8footprint — foot‧print [ˈfʊtˌprɪnt] noun [countable] COMPUTING the space on the surface of a desk that is filled by a computer: • These PCs have a 50% smaller footprint than previous models. * * * footprint UK US /ˈfʊtprɪnt/ noun [C] ► a measurement of the… …
9DirecTV satellite fleet — The DirecTV satellite fleet is a group of communications satellites located at various geostationary orbits for the DirecTV satellite broadcast service and HughesNet (formerly known as DirectWAY and DirectPC) internet service. Contents 1… …
10Anik (satellite) — The Anik satellites are geostationary communications satellites launched by Telesat Canada for television in Canada. In Inuit Anik means little brother .cite web|url=http://www.livingdictionary.com/search/viewResults.jsp?language=en… …
