Very small aperture terminal

A VSAT, for Very Small Aperture Terminal is a satellite ground station with an antenna dish that is smaller than 3 meters, as compared to around 10 meters for other types of satellite dishes. VSAT is most commonly used for point of sale transactions including credit cards and RFID applications such as Mobil Speedpass. There are over 100,000 gas stations in the United States alone that use VSAT.

See also: satmodem

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