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Satellite Communications Systems
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ALSO CALLED: Satellites Systems and Satellite Systems
DEFINITION: In general, a satellite is anything that orbits something else, as, for example, the moon orbits the earth. In a communications context, a satellite is a specialized wirelessreceiver/transmitter that is launched by a rocket and placed inorbit around the earth. There are hundreds
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WCC Advanced SSAS Solution
sponsored by World Communications Center (WCC)
PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Posted: 13 Apr 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2003
SUMMARY:WCC Global Satellite Communications now offers MariTrack, an end-to-end maritime communications solution that meets and exceeds the requirements of IMOs Ship Security Alert System (SSAS). 
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WCC Launches SSAS Compliant Maritime Security Solution
sponsored by World Communications Center (WCC)
PRESS RELEASE: Posted: 13 Apr 2004 | Published: 12 Apr 2004
SUMMARY:
World Communications Center (WCC), a leading provider of global satellite voice and data communications, has announced the launch of MariTrack (www.ssassolutions.com).

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SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS DEFINITION (continued):
of satellitescurrently in operation. They are used for such diverse purposesas weather forecasting, television broadcast, amateur radiocommunications, Internet communications, and the Global Positioning System, ( GPS). The first artificial satellite, launched byRussia (then known as the Soviet Union) in the late 1950s, wasabout the size of a basketball. It did nothing but transmit asimple Morse code signal over and over. In contrast, modernsatellites can receive and
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