land-earth station

land-earth station

[¦land ¦ərth ‚stā·shən]
(communications)
A facility that routes calls from mobile stations via satellite to and from terrestrial telephone networks. Abbreviated LES.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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