AIRBORNE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING A SATELLITE SELECTION ALGORITHM THEREIN WHICH IS DEPENDENT UPON AN ANTENNA MOUNTING CHARACTERISTIC AND AN ANGULAR DISTANCE BETWEEN AN ANTENNA NORMAL LINE AND A LINE TO A SATELLITE

摘要

A satellite communication system for aircraft having other than top-mounted satellite communication antennas, wherein the system includes an ability to optimize the operation of the system depending on the existence of other than top-mounted antennas and/or the angular distance between a normal line of such antennas and a line drawn from the antenna to a satellite.