Direct Broadcasting System that covers western Europe. Operated by SES,
a company founded in March 1985 by 11 shareholders. Based at the Betzdorff
castle in Luxemburg.
The first hotbird position of the program was 19.2°E Another position at
28.8°E was started in 1997 with the Astra 2 generation.
In Sep 2000 it is learned that the company wants to order 3 to 4 Ka-band
satellites. The satellites might weigh upto 7000 kg and cost as much as EUR 1.2
billion. They would be launch in 2004.
Analog Modulation
|
Bandwidth
|
26
MHz
|
|
Video
excursion
|
16
MHz/v
|
|
Mono
bandwidth
|
180
KHz
|
|
Mono
de-emphasis
|
50
µs
|
|
Stereo
bandwidth
|
130
KHz
|
|
Stereo
de-emphasis
|
75
µs
|
|
Stereo
expansion
|
Panda
1
|