why all sky satellite dishes point at the same direction on a street?

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SimonC

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Because they are pointing to the satalite in stationary Earth orbit that transmits the signal. The position of the dishes is for optimum signal collection, and the curve of the dish reflects it to the Receiver at the focal point.
 
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SimonC

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Because they are pointing to the satalite in stationary Earth orbit that transmits the signal. The position of the dishes is for optimum signal collection, and the curve of the dish reflects it to the Receiver at the focal point.
 
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billrussell42

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They are pointing towards the same satellite or perhaps several satellites that are close together. These are 22,000 miles above the equator, in a fixed location, so if you are, for example, in New England, they would be pointed to the south, just above the horizon.

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themonkeyjuggles

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Not just the street, but if you look around in other places you should notice that 'all' dishes point the same direction.
This is because they all point to the same geostationary satellite which sends the signal they receive.
Geostationary is a type of orbit. This means a sattelite that orbits the earth every 24hrs so that from a fixed point on earth it appears to be stationary.

Hope this helps you to come unstuck.
 
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