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Mobile satellite definition

What does Mobile satellite mean? In communications law, mobile satellite describes satellite connectivity delivered to moving or portable user terminals (for example on vehicles, ships or aircraft). It is commonly used as shorthand for the mobile-satellite service (MSS). Under the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations—followed by Ofcom in the UK and ComReg in Ireland—the MSS is a radiocommunication service between mobile earth stations and one or more space stations, and may include feeder links between gateway earth stations and the satellite. The term is significant for spectrum allocation and licensing (including Wireless Telegraphy Act licences, gateway and earth station authorisations), coordination under national frequency allocation...

UK regulation of mobile satellite services: spectrum, Ofcom/CAA licensing, ITU and UNCOPUOS regimes, and post-Brexit assimilated law

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Practice notes

This Practice Note explains and outlines the legal and regulatory framework that applies to mobile satellite services (MSS) in the UK at present. The principal categories of communications satellite service are as follows:

the MSS
the fixed satellite service
the broadcast satellite service

Broadly, in general, both within the UK and internationally, the regimes for these services are alike when it comes to securing spectrum access (even though they may operate in distinct spectrum bands) as well as when applying for a launch and operations licence. However, they can materially diverge regarding the need for associated terrestrial licences and in particular certain elements of the international telecommunication union (ITU) filing processes and relevant obligations under the ITU Radio Regulations. An MSS network may additionally need spectrum for communications between an Earth station and a satellite, and vice versa (feeder links), required for operation. This Practice Note concentrates specifically on UK law and regulation affecting MSS at UK level. For further detail on the position at EU level, also see Practice Note: An overview of the law and regulation of mobile satellite services—EU.

What are mobile satellite services?

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