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2. Very-small-aperture terminal - Wikipedia

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   A 2.5 m parabolic dish antenna for bidirectional satellite Internet access. A very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) [ 1 ] is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3.8 meters. The majority of VSAT antennas range from 75 cm to 1.2 m. Bit rates, in most cases, range from 4 kbit/s up to 16 Mbit/s.

3. Parabolic antenna - Wikipedia

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   A parabolic antenna is an antenna that uses a parabolic reflector, a curved surface with the cross-sectional shape of a parabola, to direct the radio waves. The most common form is shaped like a dish and is popularly called a dish antenna or parabolic dish.

4. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary orbit.

5. Low-noise block downconverter - Wikipedia

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   A low-noise block downconverter (LNB) is the receiving device mounted on satellite dishes used for satellite TV reception, which collects the radio waves from the dish and converts them to a signal which is sent through a cable to the receiver inside the building. Also called a low-noise block, [1][2] low-noise converter (LNC), or even low ...

6. DiSEqC - Wikipedia

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   DiSEqC (/ ˈdaɪsɛk, daɪˈsɛksi /; [citation needed] short for Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is a special communication protocol for use between a satellite receiver and a device such as a multi-dish switch or a small [1] dish antenna rotor. DiSEqC was developed by European satellite provider Eutelsat, which now acts as the standards ...

7. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In November 1990, Primestar launched as the first North American direct-broadcast satellite service. Hughes's DirecTV, the first national high-powered upper K u -band satellite TV system, went online in 1994. The DirecTV system became the new delivery vehicle for USSB. In 1996, EchoStar 's Dish Network went online in the United States and has ...