21. That includes satellite services, sensors, Earth stations , satellite navigation and communication products and Earth-imaging products. 22. Two out of three Satellite Earth Stations in Sri Lanka are also situated in Padukka. 23. Specialized " satellite earth stations " are used to telecommunicate with satellites chiefly communications satellites. 24. The same year, a small transportable satellite communications earth station was set up in China. 25. All major sub-systems of the earth station were tested and evaluated before SITE was launched. 26. The avoidance of the double-hop to the Earth station can also reduce satellite transponder costs. 27. This occurs when earth station antennae, our satellite, and the sun are in direct alignment. 28. Earth stations were generally not shared by SBS customers.29. Sun outage occurs when the sun lines up directly between the geostationary satellite the earth station . 30. Intelsat provides service to over 600 Earth stations in more than 149 countries, territories and dependencies.
