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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Guy Harles, Fentange, LU;
Gerhard Bethscheider, Ayl, DE;
Inventors:
Guy Harles, Fentange, LU;
Gerhard Bethscheider, Ayl, DE;
Assignee:
SES Astra S.A., Chateau de Betzdorf, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention refers to a satellite communications system with a mobile user terminal. In order to provide a satellite communications system which enables communication with a mobile user terminal via conventional communication satellites on any area of interest on earth, a quasi-geostationary satellite is operated in an inclined orbit and sends a spread downlink signal s' (t) to said area of interest on earth to be received and despreaded by a mobile user terminal.