Chances are you use satellite technology every day to communicate without realizing the fact. The technology has become so ingrained with our lives that we often take it for granted and do not realize just how much our communications rely on satellites and the technology used to build and maintain satellite communication systems. When you break it down, the simple fact is modern society is constructed around the use of this technology, from rural areas across the globe to a bustling city like New York.

There are several types of satellite technologies that we use on a wide scale. Fixed satellites are frequently used for television broadcasting, in schools for distance learning programs and cable network providers, while mobile satellites are used for such communication technology as GPS (Global Positioning System) online radio stations and broadcasting news, television and other services in planes and automobiles.

There are several sub-branches and other types of satellite technology used as well for everything having to do with broadcasting the weather to watching a telecommunications conference projected from miles away on a laptop. The military also makes use of satellite technology for defense and surveilance purposes. The uses for satellites in our daily lives for communicating are almost limitless.