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What is Fixed Satellite Service?
Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) refers to a satellite service which uses fixed terrestrial terminals.
In other words, FSS is any satellite service where the ground station does not change locations frequently.
Consumer satellite television is the most popular application of Fixed Satellite Service.
The opposite of FSS is Mobile Satellite Service (MSS).
Books on Fixed Satellite Service
 Satellite Communications : Mobile and Fixed Services | Satellite Communications: Mobile and Fixed Services is based on the premise that designers of future satellite systems must take account of the strong competition that satellites face from optical fibers. In future years, satellites will continue to be commercially viable media for telecommunications only if systems designers take account of the unique features that satellites have to offer. Accordingly, Satellite Communications places more emphasis on satellite mobile services and broadcasting, and less emphasis on fixed, point-to-point, high-capacity services than traditional textbooks in the field. Also, an emphasis is given in the book to design issues. Numerous illustative system design examples and numerical problems are provided. The particular attention given to methods of design of satellite mobile communications systems should make it an indispensable resource for workers in this field. The book also contains some recent results of propagation modelling and system design studies which should be of particular value to researchers and designers of satellite systems for mobile communications services. |
 Fixed Satellite Services: Ready for the Future? | Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) have long been a steady and stable component of the telecommunications industry. Fixed Satellite Service operators brought in billions of dollars in revenues from carriers and service providers that leased satellite capacity to extend the reach of their services. However, the FSS operators have watched their market position erode due to the expansion of international fiber assets, leading to quickly falling satellite capacity prices and margins. Operators have responded by launching new, next-generation satellites to provide more managed and IP-based services to customers. To drive revenue growth, these companies have also expanded their potential customer base to include end users, particularly large enterprise customers with managed networking needs. FSS operators can be broken down into two categories, regional and global, with only a handful of companies that truly qualify as global satellite operators with significant capacity directed at every continent. This Report analyzes the global FSS operators along with their launch of new satellites and rollout of new services. Looking at revenues, as shown in Exhibit 1, it is easy to see that global FSS operators are large players in the international telecommunications market. GEA and SES have recently announced plans to merge, putting them at the same revenue level as Intelsat, PanAmSat, and Loral. |
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