Satellite Internet CLEO - Cisco router in Low Earth Orbit, is an Internet router from Cisco Systems that was integrated into the UK-DMC Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) as a secondary experimental payload, and launched into space with the satellite from Plesetsk on 27 September 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "CLEO Cisco router in Low Earth Orbit"
This is also variously referred to as a return channel, reverse channel, or back channel. This channel is often of lower bandwidth or capacity. Typically it is provided using a dial-up modem and attached telephone line, over a cable television system or an attached network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Return channel"
Satellite internet services are used in locations where terrestrial Internet access is not available and in locations which move frequently. Internet access via satellite is available globally, including vessels at sea. There are three types of satellite Internet service: ...more on Wikipedia about "Satellite internet"
SES Astra SA, a subsidiary of SES Global, is a Luxembourg-based corporation which owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 million households across Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "SES Astra"
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