Refugee Education can traditionally be hard to achieve. The very nature of a refugees situation, means that they are displaced. Being displaced from their normal geographic home, disrupts schooling for the young. But there is a new possible solution. The solution is direct to handset education. More specifically I am talking about direct-to-handset, from Low …
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Communication Satellite Reliability
Communication satellite reliability is important for various reasons. From a Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) perspective maintenance is expensive. Maintenance is expensive, or indeed impossible, as the satellite is in space orbit. In the case of a typical Geostationary Communications Satellite, it could be in an orbit, 36,000 kilometres away from Earth. Even LEO, which is …
Geostationary Orbit Communications Satellites
Communications satellites are often in geostationary orbit, but what is geostationary orbit. This orbit follows the earth’s rotation. The direction of travel is from west to east, at the same rotational speed as the earth. Rotating in synchronisation with the earth means the satellite is always above the same geographic area. Being above the same …
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Satellite Dish Installation Tips
Satellite Dish Installation Tips Installing a satellite dish at your home or business premises is not as difficult than you might think. This article is focused on installation of satellite dishes receiving television signals from Geostationary Satellites. Satellite System Components To receive television signals from a satellite, you will need:- A satellite dish An LNB …