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  2. Dish Network - Wikipedia

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    DISH Network satellites; Satellite Location (degrees west) Launched Type Notes EchoStar I: 77: December 28, 1995: Lockheed Martin Astro Space Series 7000 (AS-7000) Can carry a limited number of services on odd numbered transponders. DISH is not licensed to serve CONUS customers in the United States from this location but may transmit local ...

  3. Satellite dish - Wikipedia

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    A satellite finder (or sat finder) is a satellite field strength meter used to accurately point satellite dishes at communications satellites in geostationary orbit. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Professional satellite finder meters allow better dish alignment and provide received signal parameter values as well.

  4. List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit - Wikipedia

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    The major consideration for spacing of geostationary satellites is the beamwidth at-orbit of uplink transmitters, which is primarily a factor of the size and stability of the uplink dish, as well as what frequencies the satellite's transponders receive; satellites with discontiguous frequency allocations can be much closer together.

  5. EchoStar - Wikipedia

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    EchoStar Corporation is an American company providing satellite communication and Internet services. Its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business are operated from its headquarters in Arapahoe County, Colorado. The company also provides television services under the Dish and Sling brands as well as mobile services under ...

  6. Communications satellite - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. Communications satellites are used for television, telephone, radio, internet, and military ...

  7. Satellite Internet access - Wikipedia

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    Satellite Internet access. A WildBlue satellite dish on the side of a house for receiving Internet. Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communication satellites; if it can sustain high speeds, it is termed satellite broadband. Modern consumer grade satellite Internet service is typically provided to individual users ...

  8. EchoStar X - Wikipedia

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    Transponders. Band. 42 J band. EchoStar X, [1] also known as EchoStar 10, is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar on behalf of Dish Network. It is positioned in Geostationary orbit at a longitude of 110° West, from where it is used to provide direct broadcasting services to the United States.

  9. List of radio telescopes - Wikipedia

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    Location Frequency Range Remarks AVN-Ghana: Kuntunse, Ghana 3.8–6.4, 5, 6.7 GHz 32-metre (104 foot) single dish, first of African VLBI Network [1] C-BASS South Meerkat National Park, South Africa 4.5–5.5 GHz 7.6-metre (24.9 foot) dish with polarimeter back end [2] HartRAO 26m Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, Johannesburg, South ...