{{Short description|Concept in radio communication}} [[File:One News satellite ute, Mt Allan fire, NZ 2010.jpg|thumb|250px|''Land mobile earth station'' of the land mobile-satellite service, to send news via satellite link used by TVNZ reporters]]
'''Mobile earth station''' ('''MES''';<ref>ITU Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) Handbook (R-HDB-41-2002-OAS-PDF-E), 2.1 General definitions of mobile-satellite services and some terminology</ref> also: ''mobile earth radio station'') is – according to ''Article 1.68'' of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR)<ref>ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems – Article 1.68, definition: ''mobile earth station / mobile earth radio station''</ref> – defined as "An earth station in the mobile-satellite service intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points."
Each ''station'' shall be classified by the ''service'' in which it operates permanently or temporarily. ;See also: {{main|Radio station|Radiocommunication service}}
==Classification== In accordance with ''ITU Radio Regulations'' (article 1) this type of ''radio station'' might be classified as follows: <br /> Earth station (article 1.63) *'''Mobile earth station''' *Land earth station (article 1.70) of the fixed-satellite service (article 1.21) or mobile-satellite service **Land mobile earth station (article 1.74) of the land mobile-satellite service (article 1.27) *Base earth station (article 1.72) of the fixed-satellite service *Coast earth station (article 1.76) of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service *Ship earth station (article 1.78) of the mobile-satellite service *Aeronautical earth station (article 1.82) of the fixed-satellite service / mobile-satellite service *Aircraft earth station (article 1.84) of the aeronautical mobile-satellite service (article 1.32)
== References / sources == <references />
{{Radio station ITU}}
Category:Radio stations and systems ITU