WHAT IS THE GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SYSTEM?
The geostationary satellite system is a group of relay satellites that orbit the Earth in a seemingly fixed position in the sky. They receive television signals up linked from Earth and then they retransmit them to areas as large as an entire continent at once. It has long been known that objects that circle the Earth at a great distance (high orbit) will travel at a speed slower than the rotation of the Earth. The best example of this is the moon, which circles our planet at a distance of about 220,000 miles. The distance at which a satellite will become geosynchronous is 22,279 statute miles above the equator in a orbit path (also called the Clarke Satellite Belt). Satellites in such an orbit appear to remain fixed in relation to a specific point on Earth, but traveling at almost 7,000 miles per hour in the same direction the Earth turns. With an accurate and properly adjusted polar mount, the antenna can be aimed at any satellite in the Clarke Satellite Belt. Most antennas have prov
