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unusual facts about C band



Arcturus T-20

The T-20 carries a retractable gimbal-mounted, digitally stabilized, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) camera that relays video in real time via a C-band LOS data link to the ground control station (GCS).


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DD Free Dish

A separate DTH service in C-Band with a bouquet of 10 channels has also been provided by Doordarshan exclusively for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is also Free to Air.

Galaxy 23

Galaxy 23 is the name given to the C-band service of the Galaxy 23/EchoStar 9 communications satellite jointly owned by Intelsat and EchoStar located at 121° W longitude, serving the North American market.

Redu Station

The ground terminals provide tracking capabilities in C-band, L-band, S-band, telecommunication satellites.

Satellite television by region

- The first digital DTH pay-TV network to provide Indian Entertainment was Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network broadcasting via Eurobird 2 (Ku band), later on Showtime Arabia a joint venture between Viacom (21% stake) and KIPCO (79% stake) started broadcasting, via PanAmSat (C band), but later switched over to Nilesat (KU band).

Skypath

Its main hub consisted of East Coast, West Coast, and affiliate feeds located on the RCA Satcom K2 satellite, with one C-band transponder located on RCA's now-defunct Satcom 1R.

X*Press X*Change

Specifically, the system's data stream was carried on C-Band satellite onboard CNN's (later WGN's) transponder using General Instrument (now part of Motorola) InfoCipher 1500P satmodem technology.