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HOTBIRD SERIES
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Hotbird Series - Satellite Antenna (Dish) Diameter Footprint Coverage Map Ku-Band Reception  
(DBS) Programming - Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Mideast, Eurasia
THAI TV5 GLOBAL NETWORK
Satellite Specification
COVERAGE AREA EUROPE
SATELLITE Hotbird 4
ORBIT LOCATION 13 Degree E
UPLINK Telespazio, Italy
FREQUENCY BAND Ku-band
DOWN-LINK FREQ. 12,673 MHz
SYMBOL RATE 27.500 Msps
POLARIZATION Vertical
FEC RATE 3/4
LOCAL LNB 10,600 MHz
TV STANDARD PAL
TRANSMISSION TECHNIC MCPC
BIT RATE PER CHANNEL 4.5 Mbps
ENCODER NDS
IRD Pace, SA,
GI, Nokia
RECEIVING DISH SIZE 80 cm.
AVAILABILITY January 1, 1998