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    A ground station, Earth station, or Earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting...
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  • satellite ground station facilities (the "AWS Ground Station unit") announced in November 2018. In addition to connecting to ground stations to connect...
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    UAV ground control station (GCS) is a land- or sea-based control centre that provides the facilities for human control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs...
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    aircraft and a ground station via satellite, which translates (changes) the signal's frequency and amplifies the signal; the ground station is connected...
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    that measures the slant range (distance) between an aircraft and a ground station by timing the propagation delay of radio signals in the frequency band...
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    TDRS) and ground stations used by NASA for space communications. The system was designed to replace an existing network of ground stations that had supported...
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  • are used by different stations connected to that ground station. Before the transmission begins, the transmitting ground station looks for an empty channel...
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    datalink system for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations via airband radio or satellite. The protocol was designed by ARINC...
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    over the years, has established a comprehensive global network of ground stations to provide Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) support to satellite...
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    Svalbard Satellite Station (Norwegian: Svalbard satellittstasjon) or SvalSat is a satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in...
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