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SATCO DX - Updates 2-8 June

SATCO DX Satellite Chart - Updates 2-8 June

This is a summary of last week's updates to the service.
More details are available at http://www.satcodx.com/

Numerous occasional feeds have been added the last week
on several satellites in Europe.


=== EUROPE:  http://www.satcodx.com/chart1.shtml
--- Eutelsat II f3:  http://www.satcodx.com/e2f3.html
ThaiWave left 11,163 H on 31 May, but will be back in three
months in digital format.

--- Hot Bird 2:  http://www.satcodx.com/hb2.html
The Greek channels Mega Channel, ANT 1, ET 1 and ET 2 have
started on 11,823 H, MPEG-2/IRDETO.

--- Thor 2 at 0.8W:  http://www.satcodx.com/thor2.html
Several transponders have been tested on Thor 2, with strong
signals in Scandinavia and Germany.
Keep a look at the Thor 2 chart for further developments.

--- Telecom 2A:  http://www.satcodx.com/t2a.html
Cine Cinemas has left 12,690 V, WD2-MAC

--- Live TV transmissions:
Deutsche Welle TV in VDOLive at http://www.dwelle.de/tv/live_tv.html
Pro Sieben is almost live at http://www.pro-sieben.de/frames/livecam.htm

--- Live RealAudio:
Petofi Radio at http://www.petofi.enet.hu/bin/pnredir?petofi.ra
Kossuth Radio at http://www.kossuth.enet.hu/bin/pnredir?kossuth.ra
Canal Sur Radio at http://www.canalsur.es/ram/csur.ram
Program 1 PR (Poland) at http://www.radio.com.pl/jedynka/jedynka.ram

--- Home pages:
CSN at http://www.canalsatellite.fr/canalsa/ (new URL)
Mega Channel (Greece) at http://www.megatv.com/


=== MIDDDLE EAST/ASIA:  http://www.satcodx.com/chart3.shtml
--- BSAT 1A:  http://www.satcodx.com/bsat1a.html
BSAT 1A has been testing at 122 East, but is now moving
towards 110 East, currently located at 118.5 East.

--- PAS 4:  http://www.satcodx.com/pas4.html
CCTV 4 has started on 4,144 V, MPEG-2/clear
ATN - Asia TV Network has moved from 4,179 V to 4,155 H

--- Intelsat 801 at 62E:  http://www.satcodx.com/i801.html
The first reported transmissions on Intelsat 801 took place
on 8 June! IRIB TV 1/2/3/4 have started on the Ku band,
in SECAM, with this line-up: 
10,964 V: IRIB TV 4
10,998 V: IRIB TV 2
11,096 V: IRIB TV 3
11,174 V: IRIB TV 1
They are still available on Intelsat 602 at 63E.

--- Amos 1:  http://www.satcodx.com/amos1.html
ME TV - Middle East TV has started on 11,552 V

--- Home pages:
UTV MCOT at http://linestel.comline.co.th/cgi-bin/utv/utvmain/
ME TV - Middle East TV at http://www.infi.net/~metv/


=== AFRICA:  http://www.satcodx.com/chart1.shtml
--- Intelsat 707:  http://www.satcodx.com/i707.html
RTG (Gabon) on 3,800 L, SECAM, South East zone beam
CFI on 3,850 L, SECAM, South Eeast zone beam


=== NORTH AMERICA:  http://www.satcodx.com/chart2.shtml
--- Orion 1:  http://www.satcodx.com/o1.html
South Carolina Educational TV is on Ku band, Digicipher 2

--- GE 2:  http://www.satcodx.com/ge2.html
La Cadena de Milagro has started on 3,780 H (W2-04), NTSC

--- Telstar 5 at 97W:  http://www.satcodx.com/t5.html
Tests have started on both C and Ku band

--- Galaxy 9:  http://www.satcodx.com/g9.html
VCs added for all TNV PPV Movies tps on Galaxy 9, Digicipher 2

--- Satcom C3:  http://www.satcodx.com/sc3.html
Music Choice package on 4,100 H (C3-20), Digicipher 2

--- Galaxy 1R:  http://www.satcodx.com/g1r.html
HBO/Cinemax package on 4,060 V/4,160 H (G1-18/23), Digicipher 2

--- Home page:
The Learning Channel at
http://www.discovery.com/diginets/learning/learning.html


=== FOOTPRINTS:
Footprints links have been added for all PAS satellites.


=== LAUNCHES:  http://www.satcodx.com/launches.shtml
Insat 2D was successfully launched with Ariane V97 on
3 June, at 23:20 UTC (4 June, 04:50 New Delhi time).
It will be co-located with Insat 2A at 74 East.

Rescheduled Atlas Launches:
* Echostar 3, from 19 August to 21 September.
* Galaxy 8I, from 12 September to 18 November.
* Eutelsat W24 (f1) will launch on 22 January 1998.
* Sky 2, from December 1998 to 30 March 1998.


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Best Regards,
Christian Lyngemark                 SATCO DX Satellite Chart
Christian@Lyngemark.com             webmaster@satcodx.com
http://www.lyngemark.com/           http://www.satcodx.com/
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