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Old 11-09-2009, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by usmaak View Post
Does Dish own any satellites that aren't old? I've heard the same thing about 129.
129W and 110W both have new satellites in use withing the past year and a half. 119W will get a new one next year iirc. EA was created using older spare satellites and purchasing/leasing other unused satellites. A new EA satellite was recently launched and placed in operation with another to follow very soon and another in the build stage. There are sometimes more than one satellite in operation at one location to use all available transponders licensed to that location. The newer satellites tend to be more powerful and can handle the entire load at a single location.
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