Mobile earth station
Mobile earth station is – according to Article 1.68 of the International Telecommunication Union´s ITU Radio Regulations – defined as «An earth station in the mobile-satellite service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points.»
Each station shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.
;See also:Classification
In accordance with ITU Radio Regulations this type of radio station might be classified as follows:
Earth station
- Mobile earth station
- Land earth station of the fixed-satellite service or mobile-satellite service
- *Land mobile earth station of the land mobile-satellite service
- Base earth station of the fixed-satellite service
- Coast earth station of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service
- Ship earth station of the mobile-satellite service
- Aeronautical earth station of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service
- Aircraft earth station of the aeronautical mobile-satellite service
