Conceptually dishnetworkcom , satellite television is a lot like broadcast television. It's a wireless system for delivering television programming directly to a viewer's house. Both broadcast television and satellite stations transmit programming via a radio signal. Satellite television broadcast signals from satellites orbiting the Earth. Satellite television systems transmit and receive radio signals using dishnetworkcom specialized antennas called satellite dishes. The television satellites are all in geosynchronous orbit, meaning that they stay in one place in the sky relative to the Earth. Each satellite is launched into space at about 7,000 mph reaching approximately 22,200 miles (35,700 km) above the Earth. Today most dishnetworkcom satellite TV customers get their programming through a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) provider or other digital satallite broadcasting provider.