A radio link between a transmitting Earth station and a receiving Earth station through one satellite. A satellite link comprises one uplink and one downlink. [NTIA] [RR]

1. A satellite system or a part of a satellite system, consisting of only one satellite and the cooperating Earth stations. [RR]
2. A satellite system, or part of a satellite system, and the cooperating Earth stations.

See satellite PBX.

A PBX system that is not equipped with attendant positions, and is associated with an attended main PBX system.
Note: The main attendant provides attendant functions for the satellite system.

See period (of a satellite).

An active or passive satellite repeater that relays signals between two terminals.

A space system using one or more artificial Earth satellites. [NTIA] [RR] [47CFR]

Structure-Agnostic Time Division Multiplexing over Packet

1. In a communications system, the condition in which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic handling capacity.
Note: Saturation is equivalent to one erlang per circuit.
2. The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal… (Read More →)