page_title: Very-small-aperture terminal
hierarchical_section_title: Very-small-aperture terminal
caption_attribution_description: A 2.5m parabolic dish antenna for bidirectional high-speed satellite Internet.
context_page_description: A very-small-aperture terminal is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3.8 meters. The majority of VSAT antennas range from 75 cm to 1.2 m. Data rates, in most cases, range from 4 kbit/s up to 16 Mbit/s. VSATs access satellites in geosynchronous orbit or geostationary orbit to relay data from small remote Earth stations to other terminals or master Earth station "hubs".
  VSATs are used to transmit narrowband data, or broadband data. VSATs are also used for transportable, on-the-move or mobile maritime communications.
context_section_description: A very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3.8 meters. The majority of VSAT antennas range from 75 cm to 1.2 m. Data rates, in most cases, range from 4 kbit/s up to 16 Mbit/s. VSATs access satellites in geosynchronous orbit or geostationary orbit to relay data from small remote Earth stations (terminals) to other terminals (in mesh topology) or master Earth station "hubs" (in star topology).
  VSATs are used to transmit narrowband data (e.g., point-of-sale transactions using credit cards, polling or RFID data, or SCADA), or broadband data (for the provision of satellite Internet access to remote locations, VoIP or video). VSATs are also used for transportable, on-the-move (utilising phased array antennas) or mobile maritime communications.
caption: A 2.5 m parabolic dish antenna for bidirectional satellite Internet access
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