communication satellite
Space-based signal relay
A communication satellite is an artificial satellite orbiting Earth that relays radio signals between ground stations, enabling long-distance transmission of telephone calls, television broadcasts, and internet data.
Most occupy geostationary orbit, appearing fixed above one point on Earth's surface: The news was broadcast live via communication satellite.
Often shortened to comsat.
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
- television broadcastingTransmitting video to receivers
- live broadcastTransmission happening right now
- news coverageJournalistic attention to events
- cable TVWired broadcast subscription service
antenna array · dish antenna · mobile communications · uplink · geostationary orbit · solar panels · data transmission · downlink · polar orbit · propulsion system · rocket launch · disaster management · global connectivity · weather forecast · military communications · frequency modulation · elliptical orbit · remote sensing
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- network equipmentrouter, modem, hub, ethernet switch, network adapter
- Soviet TechnologySputnik, MiG, Kalashnikov, AK-47, Soyuz
communication satelliteground station
Surface facility receiving spacecraft signals
undersea cable · underground cable · cell tower · land line · fiber optic network
communication satellitewalkie-talkie
Portable handheld radio transceiver
communication, satellite, communicate, communicates, communicated, communicating, communicator, communicators, communicative