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  2. Satellite television in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In December 1975, RCA created Satcom 1, the first satellite built especially for use by the then three national television networks ( CBS, NBC, and ABC ). Later that same year, HBO leased a transponder on Satcom 1 and began transmission of television programs via satellite to cable systems. Owners of cable systems paid $10,000 to install 3-meter dishes to receive TV signals in C band . In 1976 ...

  3. Comparison of satellite buses - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of satellite buses. This page includes a list of satellite buses, of which multiple similar artificial satellites have been, or are being, built to the same model of structural frame, propulsion, spacecraft power and intra-spacecraft communication. Only commercially available (in present or past) buses are included, thus excluding ...

  4. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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    A number of satellite dishes. Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. [1] The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna commonly referred to as a satellite dish and a low-noise block ...

  5. Radio spectrum - Wikipedia

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    The radio spectrum is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies from 3 Hz to 3,000 GHz (3 THz ). Electromagnetic waves in this frequency range, called radio waves, are widely used in modern technology, particularly in telecommunication. To prevent interference between different users, the generation and transmission of radio ...

  6. Ku band - Wikipedia

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    The satellite operator's Earth station antenna requires more accurate position control when operating at K u band due to its much narrower beam focus compared to C band for a dish of a given size.

  7. DVB-S2 - Wikipedia

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    DVB-S2. Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second Generation ( DVB-S2) is a digital television broadcast standard that has been designed as a successor for the popular DVB-S system. It was developed in 2003 by the Digital Video Broadcasting Project, an international industry consortium, and ratified by ETSI (EN 302307) in March 2005.

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