Abstract :
Outlines the facilities of the System Communication Mobile Relayed Satellite (SYCOMORES). The system was developed to provide a land mobile radiotelephony service and data broadcasting over Europe. The system was designed under the following constraints: fulful the major parts of the initial needs of the European market; highest re-use of the actual technology and existing platform; solve the link transmission problems at latitudes higher than 35° north; and decrease the expected cost of the services
