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Satellite Loading Report


By Robert Smathers, roberts@nmia.com

SBS-6 / GE-5  / GE K2 / GE-2GE-3
Telstar 4
/ Galaxy 7 / Telstar 6  / Telstar 7  / Galaxy 11 (4R) / GE-4Solidaridad-2 / SatMex 5


The satellite loading report  proceeds from east to west across the Clarke Belt. Each month one or two more satellites will be added.


Telstar 7 at 129 degrees West longitude

 C-band

1

2          Pay-per-view (digital)

3          Pay-per-view (digital)

4          Pay-per-view (digital)

5          Pay-per-view (digital)

6

7

8

9

10        Telstar 7 ID Slate

11

12        Time Warner Digital Cable (proprietary digital)

13

14        Time Warner Digital Cable (proprietary digital)

15

16

17

18        Time Warner Digital Cable (proprietary digital)

19

20        Time Warner Digital Cable (proprietary digital)

21

22

23        Time Warner Digital Cable (proprietary digital)

24

 

Ku-band

Tr         Freq            Pol            Service

1          11720            V

2          11740            H

3          11760            V

4          11780            H        

5          11800            V

6          11820            H

7          11840            V            IBM Learning Services

8          11860            H            IBM Learning Services

9          11880            V            Occasional Video

10        11900            H            Occasional Video

11        11920            V            Occasional Video

12        11940            H

13        11960            V            Telstar 7 ID Slate

14        11980            H

15        1200           V

16        12020            H

17        12040            V

18        12060            H            Data Transmissions

19        12080            V            Data Transmissions

20        12100            H

21        12120            V            Data Transmissions

22        12140            H

23        12160            V            Data Transmissions

24

 

SBS-6 at 74 degrees West longitude

 

Ku-band

1         11717-H          Data transmissions/FamilyNet (Digicipher)

2         11749.5-V       CONUS Communications (half transponders)

3         11774-H          CONUS Communications (half transponders)

4         11798.5-V       Occasional Video

5         11823-H          CONUS Communications (half transponders)

6         11847.5-V       Occasional Video

7         11872-H          Occasional Video

8         11896.5-V       Occasional Video

9         11921-H          Occasional Video

10       11945.5-V       DigitalXpress (proprietary digital)

11       11963-H          Spacecom FM Cubed transmissions

12       11994.5-V      Data Transmissions

13       11963-H         Data Transmissions

14       12043.5-V      Data Transmissions

15       12075-H          Occasional Video

16        12092.5-V      Occasional Video

17        12110-H         Data Transmissions

18        12141.5-V      Occasional Video

19        12174-H         Occasional Video

 

GE-5 at 79 degrees West longitude

 

Ku-band

1          11730-V         Data transmissions/Utah Educational Network (digital)

2          11743-H         Data Transmissions

3          11791-V         Data Transmissions

4          11804-H         Empire Sports Network (digital)/Data Transmissions

5          11852-V         CBS feeds (digital and analog)

6          11865-H            Occasional Video

7          11913-V         Data Transmissions

8          11926-H         GE-5 ID Slate

9          11974-V            Occasional Video

10        11987-H            Occasional Video

11        12035-V         CNN feeds (digital and analog)

12        12048-H            Occasional Video

13        12096-V            Occasional Video

14        12109-H            Occasional Video

15        12157-V            Occasional Video

16        12170-H         New York Network/SUNYsat (digital and analog)

 

GE Americom Satcom K2  at 81 degrees West longitude

 

Ku-band

  Tr         Freq   Pol       Service

1             11729.0-H      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

2             11773.0-V      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

3             11788.0-H      (none)

4             11821.0-V      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

5             11847.0-H      Data Transmissions

6             11874.0-V      Data Transmissions

7             11921.0-H      (none)

8             11942.0-V      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

9             11970.0-H      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

10            11994.5-V      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

11            12019.0-H      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

12            12067.0-V      (none)

13            12083.0-H      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

14            12117.0-V      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

15            12142.0-H      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

16            12166.0-V      NBC Contract Channel – NBC feeds

   

GE Americom GE-2 at 85 degrees West longitude

  C-band

1           Occasional Video/Digital Video Horse Racing (occ)

2           Occasional Video

3          RAI International (occ)/Occasional Video

4           La Cadena de Milagro

5          NASA Contract Channel

6           Occasional Video

7          Data Transmissions

8          Data Transmissions

9          NASA TV

10        Data Transmissions

11        Data Transmissions

12        Data Transmissions

13        Data Transmissions

14        Data Transmissions/USIA Worldnet Television and VOA Radio (digital)

15        Data Transmissions/Wideband Data Transmissions

16        Data Transmissions

17        Data Transmissions

18        Digital Video Horse Racing (occ)

19        Data Transmissions

20         Occasional Video/Digital Video Horse Racing (occ)

21         Occasional Video/Digital Video Horse Racing (occ)

22         Occasional Video

(17)      Digital Video Horse Racing (occ)

(18)      Digital Video Horse Racing (occ)

 

Ku-band

  Tr         Freq   Pol       Service

1          11720-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

2          11740-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

3          11760-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

4          11780-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

5          11800-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

6          11820-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

7          11840-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

8          11860-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

9          11880-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

10        11900-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

11        11920-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

12        11940-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

13        11960-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)  

14        11980-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

15        12000-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

16        12020-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

17        12040-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

18        12060-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

19        12080-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

20        12100-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

21        12120-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

22        12140-H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

23        12160-V            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

24        12180- H            Primestar (Digicipher 1)

 

GE-3 at 87 degrees West longitude  

 

  C-band

         Associated Press TV (Digital)/ Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

          American Independent Network (AIN) (Digital)

          Univision [VC2+]

         Midwest Sports Channel (Digital)/Home Team Sports (Digital)

         Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

         WPIX-TV New York [VC2+]

10         Data Transmissions

11         CNN/SI

12         Data Transmissions

13          SCPC/FM Squared Services

14         Turner Classic Movies [VC2+]

15         KTLA-TV Los Angeles [VC2+]

16         CNN fn / CNN International [VC2+]

17          Religious radio (Digital)

18         fXM – Movies from Fox [VC2+]

19         Fox Sports Net

20         University Network – Dr. Gene Scott

21         CNN feeds (occ)

22         Data Transmissions

23         Data Transmissions

24         America One Television

   

Ku-band

1          11720-H  Data Transmissions

2          11740-V  New Mexico State University (Digital)/Data Transmissions

3          11760-H  Data Transmissions

4          11780-V  Qualcomm Data Transmissions

5          11800-H  GE Medical TIPS TV (Digital)/Data Transmissions

6          11820-V  Occasional video

7          11840-H  Occasional video

8          11860-V  Educational Networks (Digital)/C3D TV (Digital)

9          11880-H  CNN Newsource [LEITCH]

10         11900-V  National Technology University (Digital)

11         11920-H  Data Transmissions

12         11940-V  Data Transmissions

13         11960-H  Occasional Video/News of Texas (Digital - occ)

14         11980-V  Occasional video

15         12000-H  Occasional video

16         12020-V  Occasional video

17         12040-H  Occasional video

18         12060-V  PBS leased analog/digital services (occ)

19         12080-H  PBS leased analog services (occ)

20         12100-V  PBS services (Digital)

21         12120-H  PBS HDTV (Digital)

22         12140-V  Indiana educational services (Digital)

23         12160-H  PBS services (Digital)

24         12180-V  PBS services (Digital)

Loral Skynet Telstar 4 at 89 degrees West longitude

C-band

1-V       Occasional video

2-H       Data Transmissions

3-V       SXTV Promo Channel

4-H       Data Transmissions

5-V       True Blue [V2+]

6-H       Occasional video

7-V       Gonzo X [V2+]

8-H       ABC - East [LEITCH]

9-V       Occasional video/Digital Video Horse Racing (occ)

10-H     CBS - West [LEITCH]

11-V     CBS - East [LEITCH]

12-H     Occasional video

13-V     CBS feeds [digital]

14-H     ABC – East [LEITCH] (occ) / ABC HDTV (occ)

15-V     X! Channel [V2+]

16-H     Eurotica [V2+]

17-V     Occasional video

18-H     PBS National Service

19-V     Extasy Promo Channel

20-H     Extasy [V2+]

21-V     ABC - West [LEITCH]

22-H     ABC - East [LEITCH]

23-V     Occasional video

24-H     4 Media Company syndication feeds

 

Ku-band

Tr   Freq-Pol      Service

1  11730-V         South Carolina Educational TV [digital]

2  11743-H         Data Transmissions

3  11790-V         Data Transmissions

4  11803-H         Data Transmissions

5   11850-V        Data Transmissions

6  11863-H         Georgia Public TV [digital]

7  11910-V         Data Transmissions

8  11923-H         Data Transmissions

9  11971-V         Occasional video

10 11984-H        Occasional video

11 12033-V        Occasional video

12 12046-H        Occasional video

13 12095-V        Occasional video

14 12108-H        Louisiana Public TV [digital]

15 12157-V        DMX for Business [digital]/Muslim TV Ahmadiyya [digital]

16 12170-H        Occasional video

 

Panamsat Galaxy 7 at 91 degrees West longitude

  C-band

1-H     Warner Brothers [digital]

2-V     Occasional video

3-H     Action PPV [V2+]

4-V     20th Century Fox Film Corp. [digital]

5-H      fX [digital]

6-V     Game Show Network [V2+]

7-H     Golf Channel [V2+]

8-V     Occasional video

9H      Zmusic [digital]

10V    Shop At Home

11H    Encore [V2+]

12-V    Romance Classics [V2+]

13-H    TCI [digital]

14-V    Independent Film Channel [V2+]

15-H    Urban Ministries [digital]

16-V    Access Television [digital]

17-H    Toon Disney [digital]

18-V    Occasional video

19-H    Rarities Exchange [digital]

20-V    Fox News Channel [V2+]

21-H    BET on Jazz [V2+]

22-V    20th Century Fox Film Corp [digital]

23-H    20th Century Fox Film Corp [digital]

24-V     International Channel [digital]

 

Ku-band

1 11720-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

2 11750-H                        Data Transmissions

3 11750-V                        Data Transmissions

4 11780-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

5 11810-H                        Data Transmissions

6 11810-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

7 11840-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

8 11870-H                        Data Transmissions

9 11870-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

10 11900-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

11 11930-H                        Primedia [digital]

12 11930-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

13 11960-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

14 11990-H                        Occasional video

15 11990-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

16 12020-V                        Primedia [digital]

17 12050-H                        Primedia [digital]

18 12050-V                        Primedia [digital]

19 12080-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

20 12110-H                        Data Transmissions

21 12110-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

22 12140-V                        TCI HITS [digital]

23 12170-H                        Data Transmissions

24 12170-V                        Data Transmissions

 

Telstar 6 at 93 degrees West longitude

C-band

         Occasional video

         Occasional video

            Occasional video

4          Occasional video

         FOX feeds (analog/digital)

         WB Network/Warner Brothers Domestic TV Distribution

         Occasional video

         Occasional video

         Occasional video

10         FOX News Edge

11         Occasional video

12         Occasional video

13         FOX West (LEITCH)

14         Occasional video

15         Occasional video

16         Occasional video

17         FOX feeds

18         CBS (analog/digital)

19         CBS (analog/digital)

20         CBS (analog/digital)

21         CBS East (LEITCH)

22         CBS (analog/digital)

23         CBS West (LEITCH)

24         CBS feeds/Occasional video

 

 

Ku-band

 

11728.5 V                             CBS Newsnet (digital)/CBS SNG (digital)

11735.0 H                             Data Transmissions

11789.5 V                             CBS SNG (digital)

11796.0 H                             Occasional video

11836.0 V                             Occasional video

11842.5 H                             Data Transmissions

11867.0 V                             Occasional video

11873.5 H                             Occasional video

11898.0 V                             Occasional video

11904.5 H                             Occasional video

11929.0 V                             Occasional video

11935.5 H                             Occasional video

11960.0 V                             Occasional video

11966.5 H                             Occasional video

11991.0 V                             Data Transmissions

11997.5 H                             Occasional video

12022.0 V                             Occasional video

12028.5 H                             Data Transmissions

12053.0 V                             Occasional video

12059.5 H                             Occasional video

12084.0 V                             Occasional video

12090.5 H                             Data Transmissions

12115.0 V                             Occasional video

12121.5 H                             Data Transmissions

12146.0 V                             Occasional video

12152.5 H                             Occasional video

12177.0 V                             Data Transmissions

12183.5 H                             Data Transmissions  

 

Galaxy 11 at 99 degrees West longitude 

(soon to be Galaxy 4R at 99 degrees West)

 C-band

                  Data Transmissions

                  Galaxy 3D

3                  SCPC Services

4                  Data Transmissions

                  Occasional video

                  Occasional video

                  Occasional video

                  Occasional video

                  Televisa (Digital)

10                  Galaxy 3D

11                  Mexico feeds (digital)

12                  Occasional video

13                  Data Transmissions

14                  Eternal Word Television Network (digital)

15                  World Harvest Television Network

16                  Shepherd’s Chapel Network

17                  STARZ! (East) [VC2+]

18                  STARZ! (West) [VC2+]

19                  STARZ! Theatre (East) [VC2+]

20                  STARZ! Westerns (East) [VC2+]

21                  Occasional video

22                  Occasional video

23                  Occasional video

24                  Occasional video

 

 

Ku-band

 

The only currently active Ku-band transmission is the TCI Headend in the Sky service -- 12 transponders using Digicipher 2 video compression.

 

GE-4 at 101 degrees West longitude

 

C-band

 

1                  Data Transmissions

2                  (none)

3                  Data Transmissions

4                  (none)

5                  Occasional video

6                  (none)

7                  Occasional video

8                  (none)

9                  Data Transmissions

10                  Daystar Television Network

11                  (none)

12                  Hollywood Treasures Home Shopping Network (occasional)

13                  Data Transmissions

14                  FOX Sports Networks (digital)

15                  Data Transmissions

16                  FOX Sports Networks (digital)

17                  WSVN-TV, Miami, FL – Primetime 24 FOX affiliate [VC2+]

18                  WNBC-TV, New York, NY – Primetime 24 NBC affiliate [VC2+]

19                  Cornerstone Television

20                  (none)

21                  Data Transmissions

22                  WKRN-TV, Nashville, TN – Primetime 24 ABC affiliate [VC2+]

23                  Data Transmissions

24                  WSEE-TV, Erie, PA – Primetime 24 CBS affiliate [VC2+]

 

Ku-band

 

Tr   Freq   Pol                Service

1     11720 V                  GE-4 ID Slate

2     11740 H                  Fordstar (digital)

3     11760 V                  Data Transmissions

4     11780 H                  Data Transmissions

5     11800 V                  Data Transmissions

6     11820 H                  Data Transmissions

7     11840 V                  Occasional video

8     11860 H                  Occasional video

9     11880 V                  Data Transmissions

10    11900 H                  Occasional video

11    11920 V                  Data Transmissions

12    11940 H                  Data Transmissions

13    11960 V                  Data Transmissions

14    11980 H                  Data Transmissions

15    12000 V                  Occasional video

16    12020 H                  Data Transmissions

17    12040 V                  Occasional video

18    12060 H                  Data Transmissions

19    12080 V                  Data Transmissions

20    12100 H                  Data Transmissions

21    12120 V                  Occasional video

22    12140 H                  Occasional video

23    12160 V                  Occasional video

24    12180 H                  Data Transmissions

 

Solidaridad-2 at 113  degrees West longitude

 

C-band

 

1          Data Transmissions

2          Data Transmissions

3          Data Transmissions

4          Data Transmissions

5           Multivision DBS (digital)

6          Data Transmissions

7          Data Transmissions

8          Data Transmissions

9          (none)

10         Data Transmissions

11         Data Transmissions

12         (none)

13         (none)

14         Data Transmissions

15         Data Transmissions

16         Data Transmissions

17         Multivision DBS (digital)

18         Data Transmissions

18         Data Transmissions

19         Data Transmissions

21         (none)

22         Mexican Government Channel

23         Data Transmissions

24         Data Transmissions

 

Ku-band

 

Tr(Pol)   Freq   Service

 

1(H)   11730                       Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

2(H)   11791                       Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

3(H)   11852                       Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

4(H)   11913                       Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

5(H)   11974                        Data Transmissions

6(H)   12035                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

7(H)   12096                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

8(H)   12157                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

9(V)   11743                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

10(V)  11804                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

11(V)  11865                        Data Transmissions

12(V)  11926                        Data Transmissions

13(V)  11987                        Data Transmissions

14(V)  12048                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

15(V)  12109                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

16(V)  12170                        Sky Mexico DBS (digital)

 

SatMex 5 at 116.8 degrees West longitude

 

C-band

 

        Data Transmissions

2         Data Transmissions

3         Data Transmissions

3          Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

         Data Transmissions

10         Data Transmissions

11         Data Transmissions

12         Data Transmissions

13         TV Azteca (digital)

14         Data Transmissions

15         Wideband data transmissions

16         Data Transmissions

17         Data Transmissions

18         Data Transmissions

19         Wideband data transmissions

20         Data Transmissions

21         Multivision DBS (digital)

22         Data Transmissions

23         Data Transmissions

24         Edusat / XHIMT-TV 22  (digital)

 

 

Ku-band

 

Tr(Pol)   Freq   Service

 

1(H)    11720                        Data Transmissions

2(V)    11740                        Data Transmissions

3(H)    11760                        Data Transmissions

4(V)    11780                        (none)

5(H)    11800                        (none)

6(V)    11820                        Data Transmissions

7(H)    11840                        Data Transmissions

8(V)    11860                        (none)

9(H)    11880                        Data Transmissions

10(V)  11900                        (none)

11(H)  11920                        Data Transmissions

12(V)  11940                        (none)

13(H)  11960                        Data Transmissions

14(V)  11980                        Data Transmissions

15(H)  12000                        Data Transmissions

16(V)  12020                        Data Transmissions

17(H)  12040                        Data Transmissions

18(V)  12060                        Data Transmissions

19(H)  12080                        Data Transmissions

20(V)  12100                        Data Transmissions

21(H)  12120                        Data Transmissions

22(V)  12140                        Data Transmissions

23(H)  12160                        Data Transmissions

24(V)  12180                        Data Transmissions

 


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