摘要 |
<p>A communication system includes at least one low earth orbit first satellite (10), at least one second satellite (11) other than a low earth orbit satellite (10), and a ground segment (12) that includes a plurality of user transceivers (78, 80, 82, 84) and at least one gateway (76) coupled to a publicly-accessible terrestrial communication system, such as a PSTN and/or a fiber optic network.</p> |