Patent ID: 7921442

Claim:
A system for simultaneously receiving on a mobile platform first RF signals having a circular polarization from a first satellite at an orbital location and second RF signals having a linear polarization from a second satellite that is substantially co-located in a same geostationary orbit slot with the first satellite; the system comprising: a single beam receive antenna aperture arranged to receive first RF signals having a circular polarization and providing a first service from a first satellite at an orbital location and second RF signals having a linear polarization and providing a second service different than the first service from a second satellite that is substantially co-located in a same geostationary orbit slot with the first satellite, the single beam receive antenna aperture outputting output signals having the circular polarization; a first RF converter arranged to down-convert the output signals to first down-converted signals having the circular polarization; and a second RF converter arranged to down-convert the output signals to second down-converted signals having the linear polarization.