Most of the stuff they say is satellite communication, is actually land based, like GPS navigation. TV signals are land based, some transmitter on the top of a mountain somewhere sending the signal: based on how we are told radio signals work, we can bounce them off the firmament, extending the range, making it look like a signal is coming from the sky above.

Most of the stuff they say is satellite communication, is actually land based, like GPS navigation. TV signals are land based, some transmitter on the top of a mountain somewhere sending the signal: based on how we are told radio signals work, we can bounce them of the firmament, extending the range, making it look like a signal is coming from the sky above.