A satellite communication method and apparatus are provided, to reduce the signaling overhead of downlink control information delivered by a satellite and that indicates beam switching when a plurality of communication apparatuses need to simultaneously perform a beam switch. In the method, a plurality of communication apparatuses are grouped based on geographical locations of the plurality of communication apparatuses, and a group identifier of a device group to which a communication apparatus belongs and an identifier of a beam to be switched to during the beam switch are sent, in a broadcast manner, to the communication apparatus that belongs to the same device group.