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<blockquote data-quote="7mdish" data-source="post: 1148423" data-attributes="member: 401140"><p>Sorry, I don't know Leonard Goldenson, never heard before.</p><p>This is my information: OTS was the first european satellite having Ku band payload on it. Launched in 1978, it was an experimental bird not used for TV signals for some years.</p><p>The first Ku band TV signal in Europe from OTS was activated on April 26th 1982, it was a music channel called Music Box.</p><p>The first commercial Ku-band european satellite was launched in June 1983 (exactly 40 years ago in this days....) and it was called Eutelsat I F1 (or ECS-1), located at 13 East. It broadcasted about 9 or 10 channels beginning in Autumn 1983.</p><p>Three years earlier, in 1980, Intelsat positioned its first european Ku-band bird, Intelsat V F2 at 1 West.</p><p>As I said, previous Intelsat generation (Intelsat IV) had no Ku band payload and their C band transponders was regularly used for main feeds between USA and Europe from the locations at 24.5W and mainly 34.5W, all in C band. I do not know the situation in eastern part of the Clarke belt, but I believe (not sure) that all feeds from Asia or Pacific area came through the USA so from West positions.</p><p>Please add your information, this is a very interesting topic I believe. Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7mdish, post: 1148423, member: 401140"] Sorry, I don't know Leonard Goldenson, never heard before. This is my information: OTS was the first european satellite having Ku band payload on it. Launched in 1978, it was an experimental bird not used for TV signals for some years. The first Ku band TV signal in Europe from OTS was activated on April 26th 1982, it was a music channel called Music Box. The first commercial Ku-band european satellite was launched in June 1983 (exactly 40 years ago in this days....) and it was called Eutelsat I F1 (or ECS-1), located at 13 East. It broadcasted about 9 or 10 channels beginning in Autumn 1983. Three years earlier, in 1980, Intelsat positioned its first european Ku-band bird, Intelsat V F2 at 1 West. As I said, previous Intelsat generation (Intelsat IV) had no Ku band payload and their C band transponders was regularly used for main feeds between USA and Europe from the locations at 24.5W and mainly 34.5W, all in C band. I do not know the situation in eastern part of the Clarke belt, but I believe (not sure) that all feeds from Asia or Pacific area came through the USA so from West positions. Please add your information, this is a very interesting topic I believe. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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