Earth Coverage

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008806",
  "term": "Earth Coverage",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "In satellite communications, the coverage that occurs when the satellite-to-Earth beam is sufficiently wide to cover all of the surface of the Earth exposed to the satellite, i.e., the footprint is as large as it can possibly be from a geographic standpoint.",
  "abbreviation": "EC",
  "references": [
    "General Services Administration Federal Standard 1037C, Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, 1996"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/earth-coverage/"
}