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Not sure if this has already been discussed here - but I just saw the last 20 minutes of the programme "How To Build... a Satellite" on BBC Two, and it looks like the documentary in which they explained how, well, a satellite is built and launched into space, was about the Astra 1N satellite. They said it was launched on August 6, 2011, after weeks of delay, so it must be 1N.

Has anybody else watched this documentary? It's also available on the BBC iPlayer, which sadly I can't access here in Germany... )(-red

-http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lysc9
 
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Satellite74 said:
Not sure if this has already been discussed here - but I just saw the last 20 minutes of the programme "How To Build... a Satellite" on BBC Two, and it looks like the documentary in which they explained how, well, a satellite is built and launched into space, was about the Astra 1N satellite. They said it was launched on August 6, 2011, after weeks of delay, so it must be 1N.

Has anybody else watched this documentary? It's also available on the BBC iPlayer, which sadly I can't access here in Germany... )(-red

-http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lysc9
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Its got its own thread.

http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/transponders-channels/195427-how-build-satellite-bbc2.html

A brilliant programme :)
 
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Satellite74 said:
Has anybody else watched this documentary? It's also available on the BBC iPlayer, which sadly I can't access here in Germany...
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I tried to see this documentary on the link given by you, but unfortunately the player does not want to start :confusedAnyway thanks for the link.
It would not be bad as who has access to such documentary,at least give us the links that can be opened.
Thanks in advance.
 
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satesco said:
I tried to see this documentary on the link given by you, but unfortunately the player does not want to start :confusedAnyway thanks for the link.
It would not be bad as who has access to such documentary,at least give us the links that can be opened.
Thanks in advance.
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BBC i player is geo blocked to users abroad. I access i player using a VPN which gives you a UK Ip address... be careful there are plenty of rip off merchants selling VPN services...
 
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welshman234 said:
BBC i player is geo blocked to users abroad. I access i player using a VPN which gives you a UK Ip address... be careful there are plenty of rip off merchants selling VPN services...
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Just as a side note BBC iplayer is extending its services to Central Europe and US with the rest of Europe to follow so soon you wont need a VPN although there will be a monthly charge for iplayer and it will only be a catch-up service.
 
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yan75 said:
Just as a side note BBC iplayer is extending its services to Central Europe and US with the rest of Europe to follow so soon you wont need a VPN although there will be a monthly charge for iplayer and it will only be a catch-up service.
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And so far it looks like it'll also be very limited to what they want to sell you overseas, reflecting what's available on their international channels...
 
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satesco said:
I tried to see this documentary on the link given by you, but unfortunately the player does not want to start :confusedAnyway thanks for the link.
It would not be bad as who has access to such documentary,at least give us the links that can be opened.
Thanks in advance.
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Try this _http://www.kat.ph/usearch/How%20to%20build%20a%20satellite/
 
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welshman234 said:
BBC i player is geo blocked to users abroad. I access i player using a VPN which gives you a UK Ip address... be careful there are plenty of rip off merchants selling VPN services...
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yan75 said:
Just as a side note BBC iplayer is extending its services to Central Europe and US with the rest of Europe to follow so soon you wont need a VPN although there will be a monthly charge for iplayer and it will only be a catch-up service.
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Jimmy H said:
Try this _http://www.kat.ph/usearch/How%20to%20build%20a%20satellite/
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Thank each one of you for now I understand why I can not access media links from the BBC.I hope that in near future iPlayer no longer be restricted only for BBC subscribers and reach every corner of Europe.I understand up to a point that a satellite beam has coverage only for UK{Astra 2D & 1N} but programs broadcast on the internet should be free as are the BBC radio!Or so I want to be...If it is now free to go to every country in Europe,I do not see why there are restrictions in the virtual world!? :)Information and culture should not have borders,as you all know!
 
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satesco said:
Thank each one of you for now I understand why I can not access media links from the BBC.I hope that in near future iPlayer no longer be restricted only for BBC subscribers and reach every corner of Europe.I understand up to a point that a satellite beam has coverage only for UK{Astra 2D & 1N} but programs broadcast on the internet should be free as are the BBC radio!Or so I want to be...If it is now free to go to every country in Europe,I do not see why there are restrictions in the virtual world!? :)Information and culture should not have borders,as you all know!
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Its rights issues again. Theres no chance of the uk version of the BBCi player becoming generally available worldwide.

Either get a uk vpn or make do with the subscription version thats being launched soon.
 
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