A satellite-based vehicle communication/position determination system constituted by N (N ≧ 3) geostationary satellites, a plurality of vehicle stations for performing radio-wave exchange with the satellites using a low-directivity antenna, and a base station having high-directivity antennas for independently performing radio-wave exchange with the N geostationary satellites is disclosed. The base station has a communication FDM receiver, N chirp signal receivers (4) for receiving and pulse compressing chirp signals from a vehicle station, which are obtained via the N geostationary satellites, and a circuit (5) for determining the position of the vehicle station based on time differences of compressed pulses from the chirp signal receivers. Each vehicle station has a communication FDM receiver, a transmitter, a chirp signal generator, and a switching control circuit for controlling to selectively output a transmitting signal or the chirp signal.