What is a Spot Beam?
A spot beam is a satellite beam which is focused on a relatively small portion of the earths surface.
It may require 20-30 typical spot beams to provide coverage of the entire United States.
The coverage area of a beam on the Earth is referred to as the footprint.
Spot beams are also referred to as narrow beams.
The opposite of a spot beam is a broad beam.
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