How Satellite TV Works

Have you ever think how satellite TV operates? There are millions peoples are there who want to know how digital satellite TV works.

Over approximately 22000 miles, satellites travel in a geosynchronous orbit above earth with same speed as earth to allow the satellites to remain fixed over a particular area. That is a main reason why our satellite dish can remain steady over long distance from earth.

Every Satellite TV providers having their own private satellites for DIRECTV or Dish Network. Mostly DIRECTV has six satellites and Dish Network has nine satellites rotating with earth right now.

When we offer content from provider, each satellite provider operates broadcast facilities to us, example of content providers are ESPN, STAR, CNN, HBO etc etc. DIRECTV operates two broadcast facilities in Castle Rock, Colorado and California and Dish Network has facilities in Englewood, Colorado.

All Satellite providers transmits digitize signals for quality, encrypt the signals for security and then transmit all those signals back to their original orbiting satellites. The satellites gather and rebroadcast the signals back to earth means all the satellites works as big reflectors.

Our entire satellite dish receives the signal from the satellites then passes it on to our receiver. Our receiver processes all the signal to our television and that allows us to get fine digital internet satellite TV.

At home or office, we can have hundreds of digital channels of video and audio entertainment by this process. Its also possible to take satellite TV with us at boat for fun, for that we have to just aim our dish to Southern sky and enjoy digital TV.