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The satellite communications portion of the C band is highly associated with television receive-only satellite reception systems, commonly called "big dish" systems, since small receiving antennas are not optimal for C band. Typical antenna sizes on C-band-capable systems range from 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.5 meters) on consumer satellite dishes ...
Home2US Communications Inc. also offers several ethnic channels on SES 1 at 101° W, as well as other free and pay-TV channels. Many religious broadcasters reach the DTH and distribution markets with unencrypted DVB-S television and radio channels on Galaxy 19. These channels are available as part of the Glorystar Satellite Service.
Hybrid C/K u /K a-band satellite; C band payload referred to as Galaxy-23 2008-11-26 EchoStar-9: FS-1300: United States Echostar/DISH Network: Direct Broadcasting North America: 7 August 2003: Hybrid C/K u /K a-band satellite; K u /K a-band payload referred to as EchoStar-9 2008-11-26 121.1°W Galaxy 31 (Galaxy 23R, PACSTAR-L4) LS-1300: United ...
[citation needed] As of 2009, there are 23 C-band satellites and 38 K u /K a band satellites. [17] There were over 150 channels for people who want to receive subscription channels on a C-band dish via Motorola's 4DTV equipment via two vendors Satellite Receivers Ltd (SRL) and Skyvision Archived January 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. The ...
In Brazil the main FTA satellite is the Star One D2, it holds approximately C-band analog channels (1985-2024), including all major networks like TV Globo (feed SP1 digital HDTV), SBT (feed nacional digital HDTV), Record (feed nacional digital HDTV), Record News (feed nacional digital HDTV), RFTV (feed nacional digital HDTV), RedeTV!, Band ...
28 C-band and 3 K u-band transponders to cover Latin America, Iberian peninsula, Canary Islands, Western Europe and much of Eastern Europe. 27 February 1998: Atlas 2AS: Launched as Intelsat 806 at 40.5° W. Replaced by SES-6 in June 2013 and moved to 47° W European beams retired, remaining C-band Hemi beam and K u-band Spot beam cover South ...
SES-6 was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 3 June 2013 to 40.5° East, to replace NSS-806 and provide continuity of service and expansion capacity in C-band for Latin America and the Caribbean. The satellite has 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band transponders with comprehensive coverage of North America, Latin America, Europe and the Atlantic Ocean ...
In this plan, PBS would continue to lease four C-band transponders starting in 1991, with the goal being to convert their satellite operations to Ku-band sometime in 1993 or 1994. [24] In 1991, PBS purchased C-band transponder space on the Spacenet 1 satellite, owned by GTE, at orbital position 120°W. [9] This move occurred on January 3, 1991.