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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.
QCOM 170.90-1.3%Nov 7 3:59 PM EST
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To: Valueman who wrote (1933)7/30/2000 7:12:57 PM
From: qdog  Read Replies (1) of 12231
 
Intelsat K was a special purchase bird from Satcom (GE Americom)in the early 90's to supplement Intelsat growing Ku services at the time. It is in fact a pure Ku band bird, located I think at 21.5 W (could be 27 W). Coverage is East coast to Europe on mainly spot beams. Semi-hemi beam I suppose is possible, but would require a powerful transponder or large E/S. Even for a large area spot, it takes a lot of power, such as the Deathstar DSS to work on the small dishes. It is an oddball bird in their fleet, as the fleet consist of series 5 (think there is one left in declined orbit), 6, 7, 8 and 9 multi platformed birds of C and Ku transponders. I don't believe Intelsat even talks about it on it's website or shows a footprint of it.

Probably a feed to European major markets, as the SBS6 bird is a domestic bird. For the moment, it still cheaper to rent occassional feed via satellite for TV than say fiber. Anytime you see a CEO interview from headquarters area, it an occasional feed. When companies want to get out a major announcement on a wide basis, it not uncommon for them to secure 1/2 hr of time to do so. Apple under Jobs does it alot and it is not normally decoded, but instead broadcasted in the clear.
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