There is a trade-off between the size of the geographic
area in which signals can be transmitted or received
and the amount of power that can be used to send or
receive the signal. Therefore, modern satellites support a
variety of ”beam” types to allow the satellite to focus its
power at different levels to particular locations. Use of
beams other than global also allows satellites to employ
frequency reuse to increase capacity. Intelsat offers
Services with the following beam types: