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Well technically its Canadian!

Nimiq1 is currently at about 45W and rattling round the arc at about 5 degrees a day!

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25740

Now where the hell is she going in such a hurry???!
 

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Phew!

I saw the Title and thought there was another Diana Ross Tour in the offing.
 

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So it's not a Yankee bird, it's a Canuck eh.... :p
 

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It's rushing over to replace the faulty Astra 2F. :-away :-jest
 

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Not much good for European broadcasting - shes L/R circular polarity
 

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Perfect, time to dig out those BSB squarials... :D
 

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timo_w2s said:
It's rushing over to replace the faulty Astra 2F. :-away :-jest

White elephant project O-zzz
 

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If the final footprint covers Iran we know thats the next invasion target for the Yankee War Machine ;)
 

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Analoguesat said:
If the final footprint covers Iran we know thats the next invasion target for the Yankee War Machine ;)
i think youve got a good point there A/S with whats been said in the news over the last few days, they can not take it lightly,
 

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Analoguesat said:
If the final footprint covers Iran we know thats the next invasion target for the Yankee War Machine ;)
They're going to flood Iran with low-quality sitcoms until they pretty much lose the will to live and give up? Interesting idea :)
 

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hairybadger said:
They're going to flood Iran with low-quality sitcoms until they pretty much lose the will to live and give up? Interesting idea :)
Or worse, bombarding them with their god-awful news channels which have no news at all, just their reporters' opinions on it... :lol:
 

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Could they not just relay channel 5?!
 

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Piltdownpaul said:
Could they not just relay channel 5?!
That truly would be a crime against humanity.... :-rofl2

The signal would be cr@p anyway... O-Ha
 

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has no one been following the north korea issue ?.
 

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I think we're going off topic now.......
 

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maybe the topic was off topic untill now ? i dont need to tell you what satellites can do as you know more than me lol.
 

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"oh yeah, we're Jamming and i hope you are jamming too" , Bob Marley.
 

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That aint going to happen. They're too poor and cant take the US on,anyhow i divulge.....
 
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