Microwaves are broadcast from, say, New York, to a satellite orbiting over Omaha, then bounced to Los Angeles.
And it allows all manner of devices to safely connect to a satellite based wifi provider.
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Outside lines, through a satellite phone, have at least been functional--although most computer systems are down.
They sold satellite dishes door-to-door in Colorado in the 1980s, building a satellite company called EchoStar.
Gupta, 40, takes frequent jaunts to international art shows and a satellite gallery in Berlin.
In August, Iran performed a test of a rocket capable of launching a satellite into orbit.
It has been reported it could be used as a satellite airfield for Heathrow.
B, a satellite company, saw its share price rocket after announcing ambitious Internet expansion plans.
Yet this summer saw the bankruptcy of Iridium, a satellite-communications project with a similarly long-term ambition.
To distribute legally in such countries, a satellite-TV operator needs the local government on its side.
It was broadcast by a satellite television station in Hunan province and relayed nationwide on cable networks.
Last year it failed in an attempt to send a satellite into space aboard a long-range rocket.
Bronfman claims that Messier told him to study the advisability of investing in EchoStar, a satellite-TV service.
An aide handed him a laptop computer and a satellite cord so he could check his e-mail.
One day, a satellite captured images of the S.U.V. pulling into a large concrete compound in Abbottabad.
Richard Phillips, but it did not, crew member Ken Quinn told CNN in a satellite telephone call.
Yesterday, Iraq announced that it had successfully launched a missile capable of lofting a satellite into space.
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There are no land lines and now the city is trying to hook up a satellite phone service.
And more recently, in the year 2000, NASA maneuvered a satellite to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
To receive content from a satellite, viewers must have their dish pointed at the angle of its orbit.
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His other efforts included plowing millions in a telecom network called XO and a satellite service called Teledesic.
And investing in a satellite-broadband project sounds dafter still: billions were lost on similar projects during the 1990s.
His first event was the Volta Show, a satellite Swiss production attached to the 2005 Art Basel show.
If that mission is successful, then we might start seeing the backbone of a satellite-based, secure, quantum Internet.
As an avid music listener I understood from the beginning that this is a satellite based programming service.
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The launch was South Korea's first successful attempt to put a satellite into orbit using its own rocket.
If you have a satellite uplink with you as well, it's worth taking the day off to watch.
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The more local programming that a satellite operator offers to broaden its appeal, the higher are its costs.
It added that it was unlikely that the airfield would be used as a satellite for Heathrow airport.
In September 2001, GeoEye's predecessor company, Orbimage, put up a satellite that failed to make it into orbit.
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