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North American Satellite Geography |
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FIGURE
B.1
The American portion of the geostationary orbit extends from about 25 degrees west to 175 degrees west or more (depending on your longitudinal location).
The first digital network in the U.S. was the satellite-based DirecTV using digital to get more channels in the air. Analog direct to home satellite distribution really never got very popular in the U.S. but DirecTV broke the ice for DTH in America. Since DirecTV was introduced too early to be able to use any existing standard a proprietary non-DVB system, Digital Satellite Service (DSS), was developed. DSS is based on similar ...
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