Satellite TV links of interest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_broadcast_satellite

Detailed coverage of all aspects of satellite TV, branching out to a number
of related subjects


 
http://www.nmia.com/~roberts/

Very informative TVRO satellite site with DBS TV related contents
 

http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/sizemainp.html

Large, technically inclined site, with lots of information on satellite TV,
on both, TVRO (non-commercial, "receive-only") and commercial varieties
 

http://lasers.jpl.nasa.gov/

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