The SYCOMORES system (mobile satellite communications)

Outlines the facilities of the System Communication Mobile Relayed Satellite (SYCOMORES). The system was developed to provide a land mobile radiotelephony service and data broadcasting over Europe. The system was designed under the following constraints: fulful the major parts of the initial needs of the European market; highest re-use of the actual technology and existing platform; solve the link transmission problems at latitudes higher than 35 degrees north; and decrease the expected cost of the services.<
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