The ones for freesat and sky are in the 28 2 degrees east position which means these units at 35 786 km above 22 000 miles above part of the democratic republic of congo.
Tv satellite positions in the sky.
A number of weather satellites are also present in geosynchronous orbits.
A world map of the positions of satellites above the earth s surface and a planetarium view showing where they appear in the night sky.
This page is listing the tv satellites.
Select any tv satellite listed to learn additional details perform live tracking or see satellite s passes visible from your location.
The astra satellites at 28 2 east provide for services.
The green line indicates the direction of the satellite with respect to your.
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Tracking 21498 objects as of 3 oct 2020 hd live streaming from space station.
Sat direction is a simple and effective way to locate any satellite without using a compass or any other device.
Then spend half an hour peaking up.
Determining azimuth and elevation.
For astra sky satellite add 7 deg for eutelsat hotbird satellite add 3 5 deg polarisation angle.
Choose your location on the map.
All you need to know is where you are and know how to look at a map.
Due to the popularity of satellite tv the channels are broadcast from a number of different satellites each of which has different coverage area on the ground.
This is a list of satellites in geosynchronous orbit gso these satellites are commonly used for communication purposes such as radio and television networks back haul and direct broadcast traditional global navigation systems do not use geosynchronous satellites but some sbas navigation satellites do.
The hot bird satellites are 13 degrees east of the prime meridian astra 1 satellites at 19 2 degrees and astra 2 satellites at 28 2 degrees plus eurobird at 28 5 for sky digital and other english language programmes.
For the azimuth angle sideways use a magnetic compass and swing the dish boldly sideways to find the satellite on the first swing.
To receive directv broadcast signals your standard satellite dish must be correctly positioned which is fairly simple to do yourself using directv s dish pointer below.
The yellow blobs represent three of the satellite clusters which transmit tv programmes back down to earth.