Satellite Footprints & Channels
Only Satellites which can be viewed in Canada are lised here.
The following chart will help you determine what size dish you would need in order to receive channels in Ku-Band digital MPEG-2.
| Dish Size (Ku-Band) |
| EIRP (dBW) |
Digital Channels (cm) |
Analog Channels (cm) |
| 50 |
55 |
84 |
| 49 |
60 |
94 |
| 48 |
65 |
105 |
| 47 |
72 |
115 |
| 46 |
77 |
125 |
| 44 |
95 |
155 |
| 42 |
115 |
185 |
| 40 |
138 |
230 |
| 38 |
175 |
300 |
Atlantic Bird 2
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
8° West
Europe, North and South America
List Channels
|
Atlantic Bird 1
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
12.5° West
North and South America, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
List Channels
|
Telstar 12
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
15° West
North America as far west as Cleveland and Atlanta, and the majority of South America; Europe as far east as the Ural Mountains and south into North Africa; the United Arab Emirates and South Africa
List Channels
|
Telstar 11
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
37.5° West
North America as far west as Phoenix and Denver; Europe as far east as Istanbul, Kiev and Tallinn
List Channels
|
Telstar 6
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
93° West
Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and into Canada and Latin America
List Channels
|
Telstar 5
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
97° West
Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and into Canada and Latin America
List Channels
|
AMC 6
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
72° West
Continental US, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America
List Channels
|
AMC 5
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
79° West
Canada, Continental US, Mexico
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|
AMC 4
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
101° West
Canada, US, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America
List Channels
|
AMC 3
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
87° West
Continental US, Hawaii, southern Canada
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|
AMC 2
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
105° West
Continental US, Hawaii, southern Canada
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|
Hispasat 1C
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
30° West
Eastern portion of North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe
List Channels
|
Ecostar 9/Telstar 13
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
121° West
Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada and Central America.
List Channels
|
Ecostar 6/8
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
110° West
Continental U.S., Hawaii, Alaska, Canada and Puerto Rico
List Channels
|
Ecostar 7
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
119° West
Continental U.S., Hawaii, Alaska, Canada and Puerto Rico
List Channels
|
Ecostar 3
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
61.5° West
Central/Mountain Region to Eastern United States and Canada
List Channels
|
Ecostar 1/2
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
148° West
Western United States to Central/Mountain Region and Canada
List Channels
|
Galaxy 11
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
91° West
North America and Brazil
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|
Galaxy 10R
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
123° West
North America
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|
Galaxy 3C
Nimiq 2
Nimiq 1
Intelsat 903
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
34.5° West
Western Europe and much of North America
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|
Satmex 5
Orbital Location:
Coverage:
|
116.8° West
Continental United States, Canada, Mexico as well as parts of South America, the Caribbean and Central America
List Channels
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