What is Satellite? Satellite is an artificial body which is placed in orbit and round the earth or a planet to collect information or for communication. What is the principle of satellite? Satellite is a body that moves around the orbit which is a mathematical predictable path. It is helpful in telecommunication, radio, television and weather forecasting. How does a satellite get power? Sun is the main power source of satellite, the solar panel mounted on satellite helps in getting power from sunlight. Each array consists of thousands of small solar cell which is made up of silicon . How does communication satellite works? Communication satellite just bounce signal from one side of Earth to other. A beam of signal is transmitted to satellite with the help of transmitter dish and the Satellite send it to receiving dish. In this way the communication satellite works. How many Satellites in space? Since, about 8,100 satellites were sent by ...