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A telecommunications satellite. The space segment is comprised by the uplink, the satellite itself, and the downlink
A large parabolic antenna in a satellite Earth station

The space segment of an artificial satellite system is one of its three operational components (the other being the user and the control segment). It is comprised by the satellite or satellite constellation and the uplink and downlink satellite links.

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