ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Base earth station

A base earth station is a big and important building that helps make communication possible in different places around the world. It works like a big loudspeaker or a microphone that helps people talk to each other from far away.

Imagine you're playing in your room with your friend who is in their room far away. You can't talk to your friend because they could not hear you. But if you both use a special device like a telephone, you can talk to each other. In the same way, people use devices like satellite phones, GPS, TV broadcasting, and internet to communicate with each other from far away places.

Now, to make these devices work properly, there must be a base earth station that collects all the messages, signals, and data sent by these devices. The base earth station then sends these things to other devices or the internet, which makes it possible for people to communicate.

The base earth station is like a big machine made up of lots of different parts. It has a big dish that looks like a giant plate that captures all the things sent by phones, GPS, TV or internet devices. It also has a computer that helps organize and make sense of all the signals that come in. Plus it has a lot of wires, cables, and other equipment that helps the signals to go in and out of the building.

So, in summary, a base earth station is a big building that helps people communicate with each other by collecting and sending messages, signals, and data from different devices like satellite phones, GPS, TV broadcasting, and internet.