
Marisat satellites were the first maritime telecommunications satellites and were designed to provide dependable telecommunications for commercial shipping and the U.S Navy from stable geosynchronous orbital locations over the three major ocean regions. The three Marisat satellites, F1, F2, and F3, were built by Hughes Aircraft Corporation (HAC) f...
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MARISAT A geostationary communication satellite equipped with a repeater operating at microwave frequencies, for ship-to-shore communication by satellite. Derived from maritime satellite.
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