NSS12 Western Hemisphere

Orbital Position 57 degrees East

NSS12 footprint

Primary coverage area:

Africa, particularly...

  • Ascension Island
  • Kenya
  • Waters around the Horn of Africa

BFBS satellite reception parameters:

  • Band: C - band
  • Frequency: 3798 MHz
  • Polarisation: Right Hand Circular Polarisation
  • Symbol Rate: 19,167
  • FEC: 3/5
  • Modulation: DVB-S2
  • Satellite Dish: On land a 1.8m prime focus C-band satellite dish is recommended with a feedhorn to depolarise circularly polarised signals.

At sea, a 1.5m satellite dish will be sufficient for BFBS satellite TV reception.

TV and Radio Channels Available:

 

 

05 Sky Sports

06 BT Sport

07 BFBS Sport

08 Sky News

09 Channel 4 delay

10 Channel 5 delay

11 BBC One delay

12 BBC Two delay

13 ITV delay

14 BFBS Extra delay

15

16

17 Sky Cinema delay

18 Nepal TV

19

20

61 BFBS Ops

52 BFBS Radio 2

65

75 BFBS Unwind

53 BFBS UK National

92

63 BFBS East

67 BFBS UK Bases

51 BFBS Radio

71 BFBS Beats

69 BFBS Gurkha Radio

72 BFBS Edge

73 BFBS Best of British

74 BFBS Samishran

68 BFBS Gurkha East