DIGITAL SATELLITE SYSTEM Definition & Meaning

digital satellite system

noun

Telecommunications.

a network of satellites that broadcast digital signals to satellite dishes that decode the signals and transmit them to computers, radios, and televisions. : DSS

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of digital satellite system¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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A consortium of telecommunications companies that includes GM Hughes Electronics, RCA/Thomson and Hubbard Broadcasting has just completed a nationwide roll-out of its Digital Satellite System, which offers 150 channels to customers who buy and install a home dish only 18 in. in diameter.

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