Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

Industry: Aerospace

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Broadcast

Aerospace; Satellites

The sending of one transmission to multiple users in a defined group (compare to unicast).

Business television

Aerospace; Satellites

Corporate communications tool involving video transmissions of information via satellite. Common uses of business television are for meetings, product introductions and training.

Aperture

Aerospace; Satellites

A cross sectional area of the antenna which is exposed to the satellite signal.

The point in an elliptical satellite orbit which is farthest from the surface of the earth. Geosynchronous satellites which maintain circular orbits around the earth are first launched into highly ...

Bit rate

Aerospace; Satellites

The speed of a digital transmission, measured in bits per second.

Blanking

Aerospace; Satellites

An ordinary television signal consists of 30 separate still pictures or frames sent every second. They occur so rapidly, the human eye blurs them together to form an illusion of moving pictures. This ...