satellite broadcasting

noun

A method of sending television, radio, or data signals from a central ground station to an orbiting satellite, which then relays them back down to a large geographic area for direct reception by homes and mobile receivers.

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Meanings

nounsatellite broadcasting (countable and uncountable, plural satellite broadcastings)

plural satellite broadcastings

  1. countableuncountablebroadcastingA method of sending television, radio, or data signals from a central ground station to an orbiting satellite, which then relays them back down to a large geographic area for direct reception by homes and mobile receivers.
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