The Marcopolo 1
& 2 (31 W) channel
line up in Autumn 1991
I havent got an exact date for this information, but I believe it was late 1991.
This was the channel line up
shortly after the merger between BSB and Sky.
Transponder |
Channel |
Frequency / Polarization |
Timing |
Video |
| 4 | Sky News | 11785 RHC | - | DMac |
| 8 | Galaxy | 11862 RHC | - | DMac |
| 12 | The Sports Channel | 11938 RHC | - | DMac |
| 16 | Sky Movie Channel 1 | 12015 RHC | - | DMac |
| 20 | Sky Movie Channel 2 | 12092 RHC | - | DMac |
Its hard to believe these days, but it took 2 satellites to broadcast these 5 channels! Only when MarcoPolo 2 was launched in August 1990, could all 5 channels run at full power simultaniously....
The MarcoPolo satellites were known as DBS satellites. More on the DBS frequency allocations can be found here.
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