Directv Files FCC Application for 79W KU FSS Two Beam Satellite

[nelson61]

Directv has filed a FCC application for a new KU FSS satellite at 79W.

The satellite would have two beams; a 48 state and Puerto Rico beam, and a Mexico beam.

Each beam will operate independently with the US beam used for HD, etc niche broadcasting into the US and the Mexico beam used to augment their Sky Mexico affiliates service in Mexico.

I would guess sevice from this specialty satellite would be 3-5 years out considering time required to obtain the license, and their reference to needing to complete the satellite design.

Directv 79W KU FSS Narrative

 

[harshness]

Would they mirror the 119W Latino programming? I'd hate to think what kind of satellite dish would be required to do both KA and FSS from decidedly different slots.

 

[digiblur]

Interesting. 65cm earth stations for receive. Curious what they possibly have plans for it in the US. I couldn't see it being used for regular HD programming, and I doubt they would waste it on LiLs either. For the US beam, additional HD international programming possibly?

 

[CK SatGuy]

Interesting. 65cm earth stations for receive. Curious what they possibly have plans for it in the US. I couldn't see it being used for regular HD programming, and I doubt they would waste it on LiLs either. For the US beam, additional HD international programming possibly?

That would be nice. I wish that Dish would start adding some internationals in HD.

 

[NGeorge]

Seems like an odd choice to me... Don't they already have additional KA slots around 85* and 116ish that they have yet to touch? These would have similar capacity and use similar sized dishes to those already in use. Also don't they have some sort of "Reverse DBS" band (I forget the technical term for it) that is in their regular neighborhood of somewhere between 95-105 that could be bolted on to the same dish?


79, and FSS at that just seems like a weird choice... I mean it seems like if they needed FSS space for international they could lease out the rest of G3C at 95* then maybe go after a good chunk of AMC1--bolt another FSS LNB on the other side of the WorldDirect assembly and pick up both locations lol.
--Nat