This application provides a beam switching method and apparatus. The beam switching method includes: A satellite device receives first location information of a terminal device. The satellite device sends first indication information, where the first indication information indicates one or more of K switching time periods. The K switching time periods are determined by the satellite device based on first information. The first information includes the first location information of the terminal device, location information of the satellite device, a velocity vector of the satellite device, and beam information of the satellite device. The K switching time periods are time periods in which the terminal device performs K times of beam switching.