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This is apparently the television station for the town of Vorkuta in Russia. The dish is supposed to be receiving signals from a satellite to rebroadcast onto ther UHF band for the residents.
The issue is with the latitude of the town, 67.3 degrees north, meaning the geostationary arc for reception would mean the dish would be pointing close to the horizon, not at the (estimated) 40 degrees or so in the picture. So, are the broadcasts received from a non-geostationary satellite, or is the dish being used for something else ?
Btw the last Molniya launch was in 2003 according to the link below
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/molniya3.htm
And according to Satflare, the orbit decayed last year
http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=27834#TOP
The issue is with the latitude of the town, 67.3 degrees north, meaning the geostationary arc for reception would mean the dish would be pointing close to the horizon, not at the (estimated) 40 degrees or so in the picture. So, are the broadcasts received from a non-geostationary satellite, or is the dish being used for something else ?
Btw the last Molniya launch was in 2003 according to the link below
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/molniya3.htm
And according to Satflare, the orbit decayed last year
http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=27834#TOP