Show threadFrank 🛩️🪂⛵🛵🎿🔭Nov 21
@ufofeed 📺 I really still miss #NASA TV on #HotBird at 13.0E via DVB-S2. I am still angry and sad that they discontinued that. Such an efficient way to distribute a high quality #stream and without (possibility of) #tracking of viewers. 🔐 And the only appropriate way for a #space agency IMHO. 🛰️ 😭
Show threadKevin Karhan Jan 22, 2025

@vwestlife #Funfact: In #Europe, #Cband dishes weren't common so #SatelliteInternet used simiar #Tuner cards with #VSAT terminals, usually accepting downlinks from regular commercial #TV #satellites that were just data channels on #ASTRA and/or #Eutelsat #HotBird in the #KuBand...

  • Later they got some fancy "SAT-Routers" that combines a #DVB-S downlink and an #analog #56k / #ISDN modem for uplink if not offered to use #2G #mobile networks as well...

I've got one of those:

Basically a #Router with some #Linux on Ethernet, Power & F-Screw-Connector on the rear, #56k& #ISDN #Modem|s and USB up-front.

  • And yes, I used that to share a #dialup connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!

#Retro #RetroTech #RetroComputing #RetroNetworking #Computing #Networking #SatelliteInternet #2000s

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Show threadGuppy@ロケみる集会May 9, 2024
2022年に打ち上げられたHOTBIRD 13Gと13Fの人工衛星が宇宙からの自撮りを公開。ロボットアームにカメラを搭載し、電気推進スラスターを持つ。宇宙空間の美しさを映す。 #HOTBIRD
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Now it's #HOTBIRD 13G's turn to show off its selfies 🤳 from space! 🌌 @Eutelsat Hotbird 13F and its twin Hotbird 13G, launched in 2022, are equipped with a camera at the tip of their robotic arms that carry the electric propulsion thrusters. When they reached orbit, they sent…

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