What is the latest on Nimiq 4?

08-02-2010, 11:16 PM

I recorded all my transponders on 82 and 91.. I dont understand why 91, I have 27 TP over 75%,, but on 82 only 4 are over 75%. Most TP on 91 is 80% or higher.. theres a few in the lower 70's.. but on 82.. the majority is all 70% and a couple being as low as 60%. This was recorded on a clear sunny day. I hope Nimiq 4 helps out. I've tried ajusting the skew,, but its just not doing a whole lot.

08-02-2010, 11:44 PM

2010 is still far away... meanwhile, Cope may decide to sell the Expressvu division, and it will be a whole different story.

08-03-2010, 12:21 AM

TP 2 and TP 3 you should be getting regardless because it is Nimiq 2.

What size dish in nashville are you getting the other TPs? I read somewhere someone else in TN (said they were in a higher elevation) was getting it on a 24inch.

**Hugh** · 08-03-2010, 01:09 AM

Press Release today.

08-03-2010, 02:44 AM

BEV currently has 4 satellites, all with less than stellar health. Should one (or more) of the existing sats fail, N5 would become nothing more than a replacement.
I also am willing to be that N5 (as long as it makes it to 72.5) will be 100% MPEG4 from day 1.

08-03-2010, 03:21 AM

Lets be clear. We don't know for certain that this has or has not happened yet. We also don't know the future of Nimiq 2. For all we know, they dont intend to use it as an in-orbit spare for the 82w orbital and instead plan to move it/sell it.

I know one American DBS company *cough* Echostar *cough*, who would be glad to have another DBS bird under their control.

**987654321** · 08-03-2010, 04:43 AM

Not true. N4 will be the satellite for 82. N2 will become an inorbit spare backup for 82/91

There will be no increase in bandwidth by these moves. For Bell to increase HD PQ; they will have to move to MPEG4 and/or 8PSK. Present Bell receivers are not DVB-S2 compatible.

Bell has no announced plans to use N5

08-03-2010, 07:03 AM

That is exactly what I believe to be happening as well.

Although I do think we will see MPEG4 pretty soon, just not sure how they will implement it.

08-03-2010, 07:04 AM

IIRC, DirecTV has 16 of the transponders on N5. EV will have 16.

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