Ship earth station

Ship earth station aerials on board high-seas yacht
Aerial of the Inmarsat ship earth station on poop of a yacht.

Ship earth station (also: ship earth radio station) is – according to Article 1.78 of the International Telecommunication Union´s (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)[1] – defined as «A mobile earth station in the maritime mobile-satellite service located on board ship

Each radio station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.

See also

Classification

In accordance with ITU Radio Regulations (article 1) this type of radio station might be classified as follows:
Earth station (article 1.63)

References / sources

  1. ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.78, definition: ship earth station / ship earth radio station
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