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Thus it crosses the conventional boundary between the <a href="/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency" title="Ultra high frequency">UHF</a> and <a href="/wiki/Super_high_frequency" title="Super high frequency">SHF</a> bands at 3.0 GHz. The S band is used by <a href="/wiki/Airport_surveillance_radar" title="Airport surveillance radar">airport surveillance radar</a> for <a href="/wiki/Air_traffic_control" title="Air traffic control">air traffic control</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weather_radar" title="Weather radar">weather radar</a>, surface ship <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>, and some <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellites</a>, particularly <a href="/wiki/Tracking_and_Data_Relay_Satellite_System" title="Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System">satellites used</a> by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> to communicate with the <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>. The 10 cm <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> short-band ranges roughly from 1.55 to 5.2 GHz. India's regional satellite navigation network (<a href="/wiki/IRNSS" class="mw-redirect" title="IRNSS">IRNSS</a>) broadcasts on 2.483778 to 2.500278 GHz.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The S band also contains the 2.4–2.483 GHz <a href="/wiki/ISM_band" class="mw-redirect" title="ISM band">ISM band</a>, widely used for low power unlicensed microwave devices such as <a href="/wiki/Cordless_phone" class="mw-redirect" title="Cordless phone">cordless phones</a>, wireless headphones (<a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a>), <a href="/wiki/Garage_door_opener" title="Garage door opener">garage door openers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keyless_entry" class="mw-redirect" title="Keyless entry">keyless vehicle locks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baby_monitor" title="Baby monitor">baby monitors</a> as well as for medical <a href="/wiki/Diathermy" title="Diathermy">diathermy</a> machines and <a href="/wiki/Microwave_oven" title="Microwave oven">microwave ovens</a> (typically at 2.495 GHz). One of its largest uses is 2.4 GHz <a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11" title="IEEE 802.11">IEEE 802.11</a> <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> wireless networks, allowing smartphones, laptops, printers and TVs to connect to the internet without cables. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wireless_network.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wireless_network.jpg/220px-Wireless_network.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wireless_network.jpg/330px-Wireless_network.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Wireless_network.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>One of the largest uses is for <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> networks, allowing devices like <a href="/wiki/Laptop" title="Laptop">laptops</a> <i>(left)</i> to connect to the internet through a <a href="/wiki/Router_(computing)" title="Router (computing)">router</a> <i>(right)</i></figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wi-Fi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest use of this band is by <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> networks; the <a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11" title="IEEE 802.11">IEEE 802.11b</a> and <a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11" title="IEEE 802.11">802.11g</a> standards use the 2.4 GHz section of the S band. These are the most widely used computer networks in the world, used globally in <a href="/wiki/Small_office/home_office" title="Small office/home office">home and small office networks</a> to link <a href="/wiki/Desktop_computer" title="Desktop computer">desktop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laptop" title="Laptop">laptop</a> computers, <a href="/wiki/Tablet_computer" title="Tablet computer">tablet computers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smart_TV" title="Smart TV">smart TVs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Printer_(computing)" title="Printer (computing)">printers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Smart_speaker" title="Smart speaker">smart speakers</a> together and to a <a href="/wiki/Wireless_router" title="Wireless router">wireless router</a> to connect them to the Internet, and in <a href="/wiki/Wireless_access_point" title="Wireless access point">wireless access points</a> in public places like coffee shops, hotels, libraries and airports to provide the public Internet access for mobile devices. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mobile_services">Mobile services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mobile services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mobile services are operated in the 2.3 GHz to 2.6 GHz range, specifically between the 2300–2400 MHz band and the 2500–2690 MHz band. Spectrum in the 3.55–3.7 GHz band has been auctioned off in the United States to be used for <a href="/wiki/CBRS" class="mw-redirect" title="CBRS">CBRS</a> services and spectrum between 3.45–3.55 GHz and 3.7–3.98 GHz has been auctioned off by the FCC for 5G although this spectrum is referred to as <a href="/wiki/C_band_(IEEE)" title="C band (IEEE)">C Band</a> by the agency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Satellite_communications">Satellite communications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Satellite communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MILA_9-meter_S-band_tracking_antenna_(KSC-2011-6004).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/MILA_9-meter_S-band_tracking_antenna_%28KSC-2011-6004%29.jpg/220px-MILA_9-meter_S-band_tracking_antenna_%28KSC-2011-6004%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/MILA_9-meter_S-band_tracking_antenna_%28KSC-2011-6004%29.jpg/330px-MILA_9-meter_S-band_tracking_antenna_%28KSC-2011-6004%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/MILA_9-meter_S-band_tracking_antenna_%28KSC-2011-6004%29.jpg/440px-MILA_9-meter_S-band_tracking_antenna_%28KSC-2011-6004%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2008" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>S-band tracking antenna at <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Satellite_Dish_of_Indovision.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Satellite_Dish_of_Indovision.jpg/220px-Satellite_Dish_of_Indovision.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Satellite_Dish_of_Indovision.jpg/330px-Satellite_Dish_of_Indovision.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Satellite_Dish_of_Indovision.jpg/440px-Satellite_Dish_of_Indovision.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>A Indovision (now <a href="/wiki/MNC_Vision" title="MNC Vision">MNC Vision</a>) 80cm S-band satellite dish</figcaption></figure> <p>In the United States, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a> approved satellite-based <a href="/wiki/Digital_Audio_Radio_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Audio Radio Service">Digital Audio Radio Service</a> (DARS) <a href="/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" title="Radio broadcasting">broadcasting</a> in the S band from 2.31 to 2.36 GHz in 1995,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> used by <a href="/wiki/Sirius_XM_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius XM Radio">Sirius XM Radio</a>. More recently, it has approved portions of the S band between 2.0 and 2.2 GHz for the creation of Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) networks in connection with Ancillary Terrestrial Components (ATC). There have been a number of companies attempting to deploy such networks, including ICO Satellite Management (now <a href="/wiki/Pendrell_Corporation" title="Pendrell Corporation">Pendrell Corporation</a>) and <a href="/wiki/TerreStar" class="mw-redirect" title="TerreStar">TerreStar</a> (defunct). </p><p>The 2.6 GHz range is used for <a href="/wiki/China_Multimedia_Mobile_Broadcasting" title="China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting">China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Satellite_radio" title="Satellite radio">satellite radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mobile_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile TV">mobile TV</a> standard which, as with proprietary systems in the United States, is incompatible with the <a href="/wiki/Open_standard" title="Open standard">open standards</a> used in the rest of the world. </p><p>In May 2009, <a href="/wiki/Inmarsat" title="Inmarsat">Inmarsat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solaris_Mobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Solaris Mobile">Solaris Mobile</a> (a joint venture between <a href="/wiki/Eutelsat_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Eutelsat Communications">Eutelsat</a> and <a href="/wiki/SES_(company)" title="SES (company)">SES</a> (<a href="/wiki/EchoStar_Mobile" title="EchoStar Mobile">EchoStar Mobile</a>)) were each awarded a 2×15 MHz portion of the S band by the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two companies are allowed two years to start providing pan-European MSS services for 18 years. Allocated frequencies are 1.98 to 2.01 GHz for Earth to space communications, and from 2.17 to 2.2 GHz for space to Earth communications.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eutelsat <a href="/wiki/W_series_(satellites)" title="W series (satellites)">W2A</a> satellite was launched in April 2009 and is located at 10° East. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, S band is used by <a href="/wiki/MNC_Vision" title="MNC Vision">MNC Vision</a> for <a href="/wiki/Direct_broadcast_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct broadcast satellite">Direct-to-Home satellite</a> television (unlike similar services in most countries, which use <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">K<sub>u</sub> band</a>). The frequency typically allocated for this service is 2.5 to 2.7 GHz (LOF 1.570 GHz). </p><p><a href="/wiki/IndoStar-1" title="IndoStar-1">IndoStar-1</a> was the world's first commercial communications satellite to use S-band frequencies for broadcast, which efficiently penetrate the atmosphere and provide high-quality transmissions to small-diameter 80 cm antennas in regions that experience heavy rainfall such as Indonesia. A similar Ku- or C-band reception performance requires greater transmission power or much larger dish to penetrate the moist atmosphere. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deep_space_communications">Deep space communications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Deep space communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many NASA spacecraft (near Earth and interplanetary) can communicate in the S-band, often using the <a href="/wiki/Deep_Space_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep Space Network">Deep Space Network</a>. For example, the <a href="/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="James Webb Space Telescope">James Webb Space Telescope</a>, launched in 2021, utilizes 2 GHz S-band to enable 40 kbps real time telemetry<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from near the Sun–Earth <a href="/wiki/L2_point" class="mw-redirect" title="L2 point">L2 point</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Broadband_Radio_Service" title="Citizens Broadband Radio Service">Citizens Broadband Radio Service</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Microwave_oven" title="Microwave oven">Microwave ovens</a> operate at 2495 or 2450 MHz in the ISM band <a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.16" title="IEEE 802.16">IEEE 802.16a</a>. Some digital cordless telephones operate in this band too. 802.16e standards use a part of the frequency range of S band; under <a href="/wiki/WiMAX" title="WiMAX">WiMAX</a> standards. Most vendors are manufacturing equipment in the range of 3.5 GHz. The exact frequency range allocated for this type of use varies between countries. </p><p>In North America, <span class="nowrap">2.4–2.483 GHz</span> is an <a href="/wiki/ISM_band" class="mw-redirect" title="ISM band">ISM band</a> used for <a href="/wiki/Unlicensed_spectrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Unlicensed spectrum">unlicensed spectrum</a> devices such as <a href="/wiki/Cordless_phone" class="mw-redirect" title="Cordless phone">cordless phones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wireless_headphone" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless headphone">wireless headphones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Video_sender" title="Video sender">video senders</a>, among other <a href="/wiki/Consumer_electronics" title="Consumer electronics">consumer electronics</a> uses, including <a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a> which operates between 2.402 GHz and 2.480 GHz. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">Amateur radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amateur_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Amateur satellite">amateur satellite</a> operators have two S-band allocations, <a href="/wiki/13-centimeter_band" title="13-centimeter band">13 cm</a> (2.4 GHz) and <a href="/wiki/9-centimeter_band" title="9-centimeter band">9 cm</a> (3.4 GHz). <a href="/wiki/Amateur_television" title="Amateur television">Amateur television</a> repeaters also operate in these bands. </p><p>Airport surveillance radars typically operate in the 2700–2900 MHz range. </p><p>Particle accelerators may be powered by S-band RF sources. The frequencies are then standardized at 2.998 GHz corresponding to a wavelength of 100 mm (Europe) or 2.856 GHz (US).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The National <a href="/wiki/NEXRAD" title="NEXRAD">NEXRAD</a> Radar network operates with S-band frequencies. Before implementation of this system, <a href="/wiki/C_band_(IEEE)" title="C band (IEEE)">C-band</a> frequencies were commonly used for weather surveillance. </p><p>In the United States, the 3.55 to 3.7 GHz band is becoming shared spectrum under rules adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> in April 2015 as a result of the <a href="/wiki/National_Broadband_Plan_(United_States)" title="National Broadband Plan (United States)">National Broadband Plan (United States)</a>. The biggest user of CBRS (<a href="/wiki/Citizens_Broadband_Radio_Service" title="Citizens Broadband Radio Service">Citizens Broadband Radio Service</a>) spectrum is the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cable companies are planning to use the band for <a href="/wiki/Wireless_broadband" title="Wireless broadband">wireless broadband</a> in rural areas, with <a href="/wiki/Charter_Communications" title="Charter Communications">Charter Communications</a> beginning tests of the service in January 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band is also used as a transmit intermediate frequency in satellite communications as a replacement for <a href="/wiki/L_band" title="L band">L band</a> where a single/shared coaxial connection is used between the modem/IDU and antenna/ODU for both the transmit and receive signals. This is to prevent interference between the transmit and receive signals which would otherwise not occur on a dual coaxial setup where the transmit and receive signals are separate and both can use the whole L-band frequency range. In a single coaxial connection using S-Band to "frequency shift" the transmit signal away from L band, a multiplier such as 10, is usually applied to form the SHF frequency. For example, the modem would transmit at 2.815 GHz IF (S Band) to the ODU and then the ODU up-converts this signal to 28.15 GHz SHF (<a href="/wiki/Ka_band" title="Ka band">Ka Band</a>) towards the satellite.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Optical_communications">Optical communications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Optical communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>S band is also used in <a href="/wiki/Optical_communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Optical communications">optical communications</a> to refer to the wavelength range <a href="/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication#Transmission_windows" title="Fiber-optic communication">1460 nm to 1530 nm</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2.4_GHz_radio_use" class="mw-redirect" title="List of 2.4 GHz radio use">Electromagnetic interference at 2.4 GHz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISM_band" class="mw-redirect" title="ISM band">ISM band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_S-band" title="Unified S-band">Unified S-band</a>, an S-band communication system used in the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo program</a> of crewed spaceflight</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=S_band&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023003/https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/irnss_sps_icd_version1.1-2017.pdf">"Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System Signal In Space Interface Control Document for Standard Positioning Service"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Space Research Organization">Indian Space Research Organization</a></i>. 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