big LEO system
big LEO system
[‚big ′lē·ō ‚sis·təm] (communications)
A system of relatively large satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) to provide global mobile handheld telephony and other services.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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For telephone services through
big LEO systems, users will normally need to buy a handset that's a slightly heavier version of the current mobile cellular phone.
Big LEO systems operate at 1 to 2 GHz for voice and data communications, particularly mobile telephony.
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