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Satellites
Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.
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Broadcast
Aerospace; Satellites
The sending of one transmission to multiple users in a defined group (compare to unicast).
Business television
Aerospace; Satellites
Corporate communications tool involving video transmissions of information via satellite. Common uses of business television are for meetings, product introductions and training.
Aperture
Aerospace; Satellites
A cross sectional area of the antenna which is exposed to the satellite signal.
Apogee
Aerospace; Satellites
The point in an elliptical satellite orbit which is farthest from the surface of the earth. Geosynchronous satellites which maintain circular orbits around the earth are first launched into highly ...
Blanking
Aerospace; Satellites
An ordinary television signal consists of 30 separate still pictures or frames sent every second. They occur so rapidly, the human eye blurs them together to form an illusion of moving pictures. This ...
Block down converter
Aerospace; Satellites
A device used to convert the 3.7 to 4.2 KHz signal down to UHF or lower frequencies (1 GHz and lower).
