Sat-UK: Report #48 - 21.05.97

from: owner-sat-uk@tags1.dn.net
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 17:52:27 +0100
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Report from the Sat-UK mailing list:
Report #48
THOR 2 LAUNCHED!!!
UPDATES

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And now the news:

---------- THOR 2 LAUNCHED!!!!
(information from TS-News)
The Thor 2 satellite was successfully launched yesterday into
geosynchronous orbit from Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral, Florida at
18.39 EDT. The satellites will have a lifetime of around 11 years and
supply up to around 75 channels for Scandinavia. It will soon, after
tests, be positioned with Thor at 0,8w.

To receive Thor 2 in the UK, it is estimated that a 1,5 metre dish is
required. Most (if not all) channels will be transmitted in the MPEG-2
standard, so only the luckier UK satellite system owners will get a
glimpse for now.

---------- UPDATES
Eutelsat II-F3: Magic TV has started on 12,572 H, MPEG-2 SR11264 FEC3/4
- V05B4 A05B8. It is transmitting at different times from SNAI Diretta
TV
Eutelsat II-F3: Duna TV has a new homepage at http://www.dunatv.hu/

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