Is DTV6 on its way to be "NIMIQ 4" ?

[miguelaqui]

I noticed that DTV 6 is moving, but, it's going west....Isn't it going the wrong way? I thought it was going to the 82 position...Is it taking a world tour before going to 82???

 

[Jumbo Dumbo]

DTV is headed to 139. Bell does not yet have authorization from Industry Canada to run a second satellite @ 82 degrees

 

[stone phillips420]

DTV is headed to 139. Bell does not yet have authorization from Industry Canada to run a second satellite @ 82 degrees

than why has nimiq2 82 degress been running for a while

 

[miguelaqui]

DTV is headed to 139.

I know that 139 is a Canadian slot, but it has yet to be used.....Is DTV going to use that slot like they did @ 72.5?

 

[miguelaqui]

than why has nimiq2 82 degress been running for a while

They currently have one sat @ 82, NIMIQ 2, which is crippled. They were going to lease a DTV sat to make up for the damaged NIMIQ 2; just like they did for NIMIQ 1 with the "NIMIQ 3" A.K.A. "DTV3".

They have two different sats @91 and I heard that they were going to also have two located @82. If they put another sat @82, they can operate all 32 transponders...meaning ....hopefully....MORE HD!

 

[angiodan]

I hope it keeps going west. Last thing I want here in Florida is to lose HD channels if they put DT6 at 82 with the same footprint as N3.