What are Mobile Satellite Services?
Mobile satellite services (MSS) are collections or networks of satellites that are expressly configured for the provision of wireless communications, such as cell phones and portable wireless phones. The use of these communications satellites has greatly increased the level of efficiency with many types of audio services, especially international calling. By making use of strategic placement of each satellite, it is possible to create a network that will allow for clear signaling around the globe, even in conditions that once made placing a call impossible. The use of mobile satellite services is not unlike that of using a conventional cellular telephone link. However, because the repeaters are not located on land but in the atmosphere above the planet, the level of interference is generally understood to be lower. The process of MSS involves making use of satellites that are positioned in orbits that are considered low earth and medium earth in nature. This allows for the most efficie
