A signal that travels from the earth to a communications satellite and back down again. Contrast with terrestrial link.
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A satellite link is a communications subsystem that involves a link between a transmitting Earth station and a receiving Earth station via a communications satellite.
See also
- Earth terminal
- Telecommunications link
- Satellite truck
- Ku band
- C band
- Uplink truck
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