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Space radio station (short: space station) is a
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Space radio station (short: space station) is a radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
located on an object travelling beyond the major portion of the Earth's atmosphere
The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing fo ...
.ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.64, definition: ''space radio station / space station'' Each ''station'' shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily. However, most ''spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, ...
'' communicate by this means.
See also
* Earth exploration-satellite service *Earth station
A ground station, Earth station, or Earth terminal is a terrestrial radio station designed for extraplanetary telecommunication with spacecraft (constituting part of the ground segment of the spacecraft system), or reception of radio waves fr ...
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