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SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LEO SATELLITE RELAYING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A GEO SATELLITE AND TERRESTRIAL STATIONS, THE UPLINKS AND DOWNLINKS USING THE SAME FREQUENCY BAND AND TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING

  • US 20140105100A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2012
  • Published: 04/17/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A payload for a repeater satellite in a telecommunication system, said repeater satellite being intended to be put into traveling orbit above the surface of Earth, and the payload being configured to repeat data received from a stationary satellite above the surface of Earth to a terminal that is substantially on the surface of Earth, and to repeat data received from the terminal to the stationary satellite, wherein said payload is further configured to use a same frequency band for repeating data to the stationary satellite, referred to as an uplink transmission, and for repeating data to the terminal, referred to as a downlink transmission, said frequency band being any one of the bands VHF, UHF, L, S, C, X, Ka or Q, and configured to perform the uplink transmissions and the downlink transmissions during different intervals of time.

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