These different frequency bands have separate uplink tx and downlink rx frequencies require different rf components lnb and buc and are suited to different applications.
Satellite communication uplink frequency.
Iridium satellite frequency description between two iridium satellites 23 18 to 23 38 ghz between iridium phone terminal and iridium satellite l band in the range from 1621 35 to 1626 5 mhz used for both uplink and downlink.
Now as would have thought separate frequency bands are always allocated for uplink and downlink signals often separated by a gap maybe for future allocation since the span of guard bands are.
Ka band 26 40 ghz communications satellites uplink in either the 27 5 ghz and 31 ghz bands and high resolution close range targeting radars on military aircraft.
In europe ku band downlink is used from 10 7 ghz to 12 75 ghz for direct broadcast satellite services such as astra.
C band satellite will usually will have 5 925 to 6 425 ghz frequency range in the uplink and 3 7 to 4 2 ghz frequency range in the downlink.
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The most popular frequency bands available on satellite are l band s band c band x band ku band k band and ka bands.
Frequency if 70 150 mhz l 800 2150 mhz satellite frequencies ghz band downlink uplink c 3 700 4 200 5 925 6 425 x military 7 250 7 745 7 900 8 395 ku europe fss.
Satellite vsat communication is split up in to four radio frequency rf bands that commercial communication and military satellites operate within.
3 the second type downlink jamming disrupts transmissions sent from the satellite to ground based or airborne receivers using rf signals that mimic the frequency of the downlink signal.