Theme PHP Embedding

do_shortcode is the tool I prefer:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/do_shortcode

<?php
echo do_shortcode('
[satellite auto=on caption=off]
');
?>

yeah you’ll have to turn off the Shortcode Requirement under Advanced Settings if you do template embedding. Otherwise it reads through post content for the embed which there wouldn’t be any.

Of course there’s also putting [satellite display=off] in the posts with the template in question