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United States and Puerto Rico. EchoStar VII is an American geostationary communications satellite which was operated by DISH Network, originally EchoStar. It was positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 119° West, from where it is used to provide high-definition television direct broadcasting services to the United States. [1]
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 States Intelsat: North America: 12 November 2022, Falcon 9 v1.2: C-band replacement 119.1°W DirecTV-7S: LS-1300: United ...
DirecTV satellite fleet. The DirecTV satellite fleet is a group of communications satellites located at various geostationary orbits that DirecTV uses for their satellite television service and HughesNet (formerly known as DirecWAY and DirecPC) internet service. The "DirecTV" prefix in their names has been changed to "T". [1][2]
It was retroactively named the "DISH 300" when legal and satellite problems forced delays of the forthcoming DISH 500 systems. It uses one LNB to obtain signals from the 119°W orbital location, [ 83 ] and was commonly used as a second dish to receive additional high-definition or international programming from either the 148°W or 61.5°W ...
DiSEqC (/ ˈdaɪsɛk, daɪˈsɛksi /; [citation needed] short for Digital Satellite Equipment Control) is a special communication protocol for use between a satellite receiver and a device such as a multi-dish switch or a small [1] dish antenna rotor. DiSEqC was developed by European satellite provider Eutelsat, which now acts as the standards ...
Reps for DirecTV and Dish didn’t respond to requests for comment. The deal is being driven by EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen’s desire to pay off $1.98 billion of debt that matures in November 2024 ...
Anik F1 is a Canadian geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched on November 21, 2000, by an Ariane 4 rocket from the European Space Agency Centre Spatial Guyanais at Kourou. At the moment of its launch it was the most powerful communications satellite ever built.
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