Land mobile earth station (also: land mobile earth radio station) is – according to Article 1.74 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.74, definition: land mobile earth station / land mobile earth radio station – defined as "A mobile earth station in the land mobile-satellite service capable of surface movement within the geographical limits of a country or continent." 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) Mobile earth station (article 1.68) of the mobile-satellite service (article 1.25) Land earth station (article 1.70) of the fixed-satellite service (article 1.21) or mobile-satellite service Land mobile earth station Base earth station (article 1.72) of the fixed-satellite service Coast earth station (article 1.76) of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service Ship earth station (article 1.78) of the mobile-satellite service Aeronautical earth station (article 1.82) of the fixed-satellite service / aeronautical mobile-satellite service (article 1.35) Aircraft earth station (article 1.84) of the aeronautical mobile-satellite service
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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)