TRANSMITTING DATA FROM AIRCRAFT TO GROUND STATIONS

摘要

Provided is a system and method for providing data originating from an aircraft (102) to a ground-based device (106) using a satellite communicatio ns link (104). The system includes an aircraft-based transceiver to transmit th e data to a satellite. The data is associated with the operation of a particul ar aircraft. Also included is a ground-based receiver to receive the data transmitted from the aircraft-based transceiver through a communications lin k established by the satellite.