The invention relates to the technical field of communication equipment, and discloses shipborne satellite communication equipment and an operation method thereof. The shipborne satellite communication equipment comprises a rectangular mounting plate and a first rectangular bearing plate, wherein buffer protection devices are arranged on the left side, the right side, the front side and the rear side of the upper surface of the rectangular mounting plate, the left side of the upper surface of the first rectangular bearing plate is rotationally connected with a first rotating shaft, and the upper surface of the first rotating shaft is fixedly connected with a rectangular rotating plate. According to the shipborne satellite communication equipment, by arranging a first motor, a third rotating shaft, a transmission worm rod, a driving wheel, a driven wheel, a belt and a transmission worm wheel, a second rotating shaft can conveniently and stably drive a second fixed connecting block and athird rectangular bearing plate to rotate, so that the angle of a communication antenna can be conveniently and stably adjusted; and the shipborne satellite communication equipment is simple in structure, convenient to implement and high in flexibility, signals can be conveniently received and sent by the communication antenna, and the service life of the communication antenna is greatly prolonged.