Base earth station
Base earth station is – according to article 1.72 of the International [Telecommunication Union|International Telecommunication Union's] ITU [Radio Regulations] – defined as "An earth station in the fixed-satellite service or, in some cases, in the land mobile-satellite service, located at a specified fixed point or within a specified area on land to provide a feeder link for the land mobile-satellite service."
Each station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.
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Classification
In accordance with ITU Radio Regulations this type of radio station might be classified as follows:Earth station
- Mobile earth station of the mobile-satellite service
- Land earth station of the fixed-satellite service or mobile-satellite service
- *Land mobile earth station of the land mobile-satellite service
- Base earth station
- Coast earth station of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service
- Ship earth station of the mobile-satellite service
- Aeronautical earth station of the fixed-satellite service / aeronautical mobile-satellite service
- Aircraft earth station of the ''aeronautical mobile-satellite service''