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- In satellite communications systems, the establishment of contact with a communications satellite space station. Note: An example of satellite access is access at the moment at which an Earth station commences to use a satellite space station as a signal repeater, i.e., to use its transponder. Each radio frequency (rf) carrier that is relayed by a satellite space station at any time occupies an access channel. Accesses, i.e., channels, are distinguishable by various system parameters, such as frequency, time, or code. [From Weik '89]
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition - allotment (of a radio frequency or radio frequency channel), assignment (of a radio frequency or radio frequency channel), channel offset, frequency-derived channel, frequency translation, in-band signaling, radio channel, scan-stop lockup, separate channel signaling