Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

Industry: Aerospace

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Circular polarisation

Aerospace; Satellites

Unlike many domestic satellites which utilise vertical or horizontal polarization, the international Intelsat satellites transmit their signals in a rotating corkscrew-like pattern as they are ...

Channel service unit (CSU)

Aerospace; Satellites

A digital interface device that connects end-user equipment to the local digital telephone loop. CSU is frequently coupled with DSU as CSU/DSU.

Channel

Aerospace; Satellites

A band of radio frequencies assigned for a particular purpose, usually for the establishment of one complete communication link, or a path for an electrical signal. This term is often used ...

Composite baseband

Aerospace; Satellites

The unclamped and unfiltered output of the satellite receiver's demodulator circuit, containg the video information as well as all transmitted subcarriers.

Conus

Aerospace; Satellites

Contiguous United States. In short, all the states in the U.S. except Hawaii and Alaska.

Cross modulation

Aerospace; Satellites

Interference caused by the modulation of one carrier affecting another signal. It is usually due to nonlinear device operation, which can be caused by overloading an amplifier, and is worsened by ...