Communication Satellite

A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to COMSAT) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications. Modern communications satellites use a variety of orbits including geostationary orbits, Molniya orbits, other elliptical orbits and low (polar and non-polar) Earth orbits.

VSAT Hub Technology

SpeedCast utilizes the follwing VSAT Hub Technologies:

• Linkstar
• iDirect
• ComTech
• Newtech

Satellite Terminology

This section defines commonly used Satellite terms, including:

• TDMA
• SCPC
• C-Band
• Ku-Band

See the specific sections in the menu above for more details.