Earth coverage (EC)
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- In satellite communications, the coverage that occurs when the satellite-to-Earth beam is sufficiently wide to cover all of the surface of the Earth exposed to the satellite, i.e., the footprint is as large as it can possibly be from a geographic standpoint.
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition - altitude of the apogee or of the perigee, apogee altitude, effective boresight area (of a steerable satellite beam), perigee altitude