英国军队已装备一种可由单人携带并操作的卫星通信终端。据信,这是世界上第一种全便携式卫星终端,其重量为17公斤,工作于军用X频段(7—8GHz)。它将使用英国Skynet Ⅳ军用卫星的点波束,该星预定于1987年年中发射。该终端可用于以单工和双工方式发送模拟话或50波特的电报报务。后者用专门研制的可无人值守工作的手提式数据终端和打印 The British Army has equipped a satellite communications terminal that can be carried and operated by a single person. It is believed that this is the world’s first all-portable satellite terminal, weighing 17 kilograms and operating in the military X-band (7-8GHz). It will use spot beams from the British Skynet IV military satellite, which is scheduled to launch mid-1987. The terminal can be used to send either analogue or 50-baud telegraphy bills in simplex and duplex mode. The latter uses specially developed portable data terminals that can be left unattended and printed