Definition: | area on the Earth's surface, associated with a space station, within which, under specified technical conditions, it is feasible for radiocommunication of a specified nature to be established with one or more Earth stations that are transmitting, receiving or both transmitting and receiving
Note 1 to entry: Several coverage areas can be associated with the same space station, for example a satellite with several antenna beams.
Note 2 to entry: In the absence of interference, the coverage area will be bounded by a contour of predetermined power flux density.
Note 3 to entry: The concept of "coverage area" applies in a simple way only to onboard space stations on geostationary satellites.
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