Just passing this info on, so sorry for those to use to watch this mux at 91W
Effective March 1, a dual illumination period for EWTN, EWTN Español and EWTN Canada will begin as we relocate our satellite transmissions from Galaxy 17 to Galaxy 15. On June 29, our transmissions on Galaxy 17 will terminate. Therefore, please retune your decoders during this transition period to our new location on Galaxy 15. • Galaxy 17 Digital Service ceases on June 29, 2012. Beginning at 1:00pm EST on March 1, 2012, EWTN, EWTN Español and EWTN Canada will become available on Galaxy 15, Transponder 5. On June 29, 2012, more than four months from now, our transmissions on Galaxy 17 will terminate. This means that we will provide a dual illumination period for EWTN, EWTN Español and EWTN Canada from March 1, 2012 until June 29, 2012. • Galaxy 15 Analog Service ceases on November 1, 2012. Because the new service is all digital, the analog EWTN service currently available on Galaxy 15, Transponder 11 will cease on November 1, 2012. EWTN affiliates currently utilizing the analog service may begin to transition to Galaxy 15, Transponder 5 effective March 1, 2012. • Galaxy 15, Transponder 11 EWTN HD Service ceases on November 1, 2012. On June 30, 2012, EWTN HD affiliates on Galaxy 15, Transponder 11 may begin to transition to the new digital mux on Transponder 5 on the same satellite. EWTN HD will cease to be available on Galaxy 15, Transponder 11 effective November 1, 2012. The new satellite transmission plan: Galaxy 15 MCPC Transmission Plan EWTN Domestic Digital (DVB-S/MPEG-2) Service Satellite: Galaxy 15 Orbital Location: 133° WL Transponder:5 Downlink Beam: CONUS Downlink Frequency: 3790.075 MHz Downlink Polarization: Horizontal Carrier: Cisco DVB-S MPEG-2 Modulation Type: QPSK Information Rate: 16.5 Mbps Symbol Rate: 11.936 Msps Allocated Bandwidth: 16.114 MHz FEC: 3/4 Network ID: 3 Virtual Channel Assignments: 11 Domestic English 12 Domestic Spanish 13 Canada 14 Domestic SAP Service 21 Domestic English AC-3 22 Domestic Spanish AC-3 23 Canada AC-3 Technical specifications for EWTN HD and EWTN's new MPEG-4 services will be posted on April 1, 2012; these services will become available on G15 beginning June 30, 2012. __________________ Blessings, George |
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