satcoms - satellite communications, now being introduced on intercontinental airliners and business jets for (non- operational) air-to-ground voice communications via ground relay stations.
[edit] SATCOM and HF subnetworks
SATCOM provides worldwide coverage, with the exception of operation at the high latitudes (such as needed for flights over the poles).
SATCOM - Satellite Communications
SELCAL - Selective Calling
SSR - Secondary Surveillance Radar
SID - Standard Instrument Departure
SIGMET - Significant Meteorological Information
STAR - Standard Terminal Arrival Route ...
 See also: Aviation, Service, Radar, Aircraft, Pilot
  
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