satellite signal
Space-based communication beam
A satellite signal is a radio transmission sent to or from an orbiting satellite.
Television, GPS, and phone systems all rely on satellite signals bouncing between ground stations and spacecraft.
The term often appears when reception fails: We lost the satellite signal during the storm.
Weather, buildings, and terrain can interfere with satellite signals reaching receivers on Earth.
- downlinkSpacecraft-to-Earth transmission
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- uplinkTransmission to spacecraft
- ground stationSurface facility receiving spacecraft signals
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
carrier wave · Galileo · GPS · ephemeris · remote sensing · transponder · atomic clock · dish · modulation · telemetry · encryption · triangulation · live broadcast · geostationary orbit · frequency band · multiplexing · line of sight · beam
- GPS navigationdirections, destination, route, ETA, rerouting
- signalssignals, signaling, sign, waved, nodded
- radio wavesradio waves, RF, AM, FM, radio spectrum
- satellite TVdish antenna, DirecTV, Dish Network, set-top box, DVR
- signal qualityfull bars, bars, reception, coverage, interference
- video signalsvideo cable, HDMI, VGA, component, composite
signal delivery method
satellite signalwired connection