Solar transit

In astronomy, a solar transit is a movement of any object passing between the Sun and the Earth.

Satellite radio and other services like GPS are not affected, as they use no receiving dish, and therefore do not concentrate the interference.

For digital satellite services, the cliff effect will eliminate reception entirely at a given threshold.

Reception is typically lost for only a few minutes on the worst day, but the beam width of the dish can affect this.

Stations along the equator will experience solar transit right at the equinoxes, as that is where geostationary satellites are located directly over.