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Frequency and Wavelength ... Radio Band designation
30-300 Hz 10-1Mm .....ELF (extremely low frequency)
300-3000 Hz .........................................1Mm-100 km
3-30 kHz 100-10 km ...........VLF (very low frequency)
30-300 kHz 10-1 km .....................LF (low frequency)
300-3000 kHz 1 km-100 m ....MF (medium frequency)
3-30 MHz 100-10 m ....................HF (high frequency)
30-300 MHz 10-1 m ..........VHF (very high frequency)
300-3000 MHz 1 m-10 cm ..UHF (ultra high frequency)
3-30 GHz 10-1 cm .............SHF (super high frequency)
30-300 GHz 1 cm-1 mm EHF(extremely high frequency)
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Frequency and Wavelength of the IEEE Radar Band designation
1-2 GHz ............30-15 cm ....L Band
2-4 GHz ...........15-7.5 cm.....S Band
4-8 GHz ........7.5-3.75 cm.....C Band
8-12 GHz ......3.75-2.50 cm... X Band
12-18 GHz ......2.5-1.67 cm...Ku Band
18-27 GHz .....1.67-1.11 cm....K Band
27-40 GHz 1.11 cm-7.5 mm .Ka Band
40-75 GHz...............................V Band
75-110 GHz............................W Band
110-300 GHz ......................mm Band
300-3000 GHz...................u mm Band
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Satellite TVRO bands
S-Band 1700-3000 MHz
C-Band 3700-4200 MHz
Ku1-Band 10.9-11.75 GHz
Ku2-Band 11.75-12.5 GHz (DBS)
Ku3-Band 12.5-12.75 GHz
Ka-Band 18.0-20.0 GHz
 
List of Satellites
Satellite Uplink/Downlink
Horizontal
Uplink
Horizontal
Downlink
Channel Vertical
Downlink
Vertical
Uplink
  3.720 1   5.945
5.965   2 3.740  
  3.760 3   5.985
6.005   4 3.780  
  3.800 5   6.025
6.045   6 3.820  
  3.840 7   6.065
6.085   8 3.860  
  3.880 9   6.105
6.125   10 3.900  
  3.920 11   6.145
6.165   12 3.940  
  3.960 13   6.185
6.205   14 3.980  
  4.000 15   6.225
6.245   16 4.020  
  4.040 17   6.265
6.285   18 4.060  
  4.080 19   6.305
6.325   20 4.100  
  4.120 21   6.345
6.365   22 4.140  
  4.160 23   6.385
6.405   24 4.180  
 

        FREQUENCIES COMMONLY USED BY COMMERCIAL SATELLITES (in GHz)

BAND UPLINK DOWNLINK
L 2 1
C 6 4
Ku

14

12
Ka 30 20
V 50 40

 

SATELLITES

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AMERICA

174,3°W  TDRS 5 (incl. 2,2°)
180,0°E  Intelsat 701
177,0°E  Intelsat 702
174,0°E Intelsat 802
169,0°E  PAS 2
166,0°E  PAS 8
162,5°E  Superbird 4
162,0°E  Superbird B1
160,0°E  Optus B1
158,0°E  Superbird A2
156,0°E  Optus B3
154,0°E  JCSAT 2
150,0°E   JCSAT 1B
148,0°E  Measat 2
146,0°E  Agila 2
145,0°E  Gorizont 33 (incl. 1,3°)
144,0°E  Superbird C
140,0°E  Gorizont 25 (incl. 4,8°)
138,0°E  Apstar 1
134,0°E  Apstar 1A
130,0°E  LMI AP-1 (incl. 3,6°)
128,0°E  JCSAT 3
125,0°E   Chinasat 6
124,0°E  JCSAT 4A
122,0°E  Asiasat 1 (incl. 1,1°)
120,0°E  Thaicom 1A
116,0°E  Koreasat 3
113,0°E  Palapa C2 Koreasat 2
110,5°E  Sinosat 1
110,0°E  BSAT 1A/1B
108,0°E  Telkom 1 Cakrawarta 1
105,5°E  Asiasat 3S
105,0°E  AsiaStar
103,0°E  Express 6 (incl. 2,0°)
100,5°E  Asiasat 2
98,0°E  Chinasat 22
96,5°E  Gorizont 28 (incl. 3,7°)
93,5°E  Insat 2B/2C
91,5°E  Measat 1
90,0°E  Yamal 102
88,0°E  ST 1
87,5°E  ChinaStar 1
83,0°E  Insat 2E Insat 3B
80,0°E  Express 6A
78,5°E  Thaicom 2/3
76,5°E  Apstar 2R
75,0°E  LMI 1
68,5°E  PAS 4 PAS 7
66,0°E  Intelsat 704
64,0°E  Intelsat 804
62,0°E  Intelsat 602
60,0°E  Intelsat 604
57,0°E  NSS 703
56,0°E  Most 1
55,1°E  Insat 2DT
53,0°E  Gorizont 32 (incl. 1,7°)
48,0°E  Eutelsat II f1 (incl. 1,3°)
45,0°E  Europe*Star B (incl. 1,1°)
42,0°E  Türksat 1C
40,0°E  Gorizont 31 (incl. 2,0°)
36,0°E  Eutelsat Sesat Eutelsat W4
31,3°E  Türksat 1B
30,5°E  Arabsat 2B
28,2°E  Kopernikus 2 Astra 1D Astra 2A
26,0°E  Arabsat 2A Arabsat 3A
23,5°E  Kopernikus 3
21,5°E  Eutelsat II f3 21,0°E AfriStar
19,2°E  Astra 1A Astra 1B Astra 1C Astra 1E Astra 1F Astra 1G Astra 1H
16,0°E  Eutelsat W2
13,0°E  Hot Bird 1 Hot Bird 2 Hot Bird 3 Hot Bird 4 Hot Bird 5
10,0°E  Eutelsat II f4
7,0°E  Eutelsat W3
5,0°E  Sirius 3 Sirius 2
3,0°E  Telecom 2C
0,8°W  Thor 1 Thor 2 Thor 3

 

5,0°W  Telecom 2B
7,0°W  Nilesat 101
8,0°W  Telecom 2A Telecom 2D
11,0°W Express 3A
11,0°W  Gorizont 26 (incl. 4,6°)
12,5°W  Eutelsat II f2 (incl. 0,5°)
13,0°W  Sirius W (incl. 0,9°)
14,0°W  Express 2
15,0°W  Telstar 12
18,0°W  Intelsat 705
21,5°W  NSS 803 NSS K
24,5°W  Intelsat 603
27,5°W  Intelsat 605
30,0°W  Hispasat 1A/1B Hispasat 1C
21,5°E   Eutelsat II f3
21,0°E  AfriStar
19,2°E  Astra 1A Astra 1B Astra 1C Astra 1E Astra 1F Astra 1G Astra 1H
16,0°E  Eutelsat W2
13,0°E  Hot Bird 1 Hot Bird 2 Hot Bird 3 Hot Bird 4 Hot Bird 5
10,0°E  Eutelsat II f4
7,0°E  Eutelsat W3
5,0°E  Sirius 3 Sirius 2
3,0°E  Telecom 2C
0,8°W  Thor 1 Thor 2 Thor 3 
  Intelsat 707
5,0°W  Telecom 2B
7,0°W   Nilesat 101
8,0°W  Telecom 2A Telecom 2D
11,0°W  Express 3A
11,0°W  Gorizont 26 (incl. 4,6°)
12,5°W  Eutelsat II f2 (incl. 0,5°)
13,0°W  Sirius W (incl. 0,9°)
14,0°W  Express 2
15,0°W  Telstar 12
18,0°W  Intelsat 705
21,5°W  NSS 803 NSS K
24,5°W  Intelsat 603
27,5°W  Intelsat 605
30,0°W  Hispasat 1A/1B Hispasat 1C
31,5°W  Intelsat 801
34,5°W  Intelsat 601
37,5°W  Columbia 515 (incl. 2,4°)Telstar 11
40,5°W  NSS 806
43,0°W  PAS 3R PAS 6 PAS 6B
45,0°W  PAS 1
47,0°W  TDRS 6 (incl. 1,4°)
50,0°W  Intelsat 709
53,0°W  Intelsat 706
55,5°W  Intelsat 805
58,0°W  PAS 5
60,0°W  HGS 1 (incl. 7,1°)
61,5°W  PAS 9
61,5°W  EchoStar 3
63,0°W  Brasil 1 (incl. 2,7°)
65,0°W  Brasilsat B2
70,0°W  Brasilsat B1
71,8°W  Nahuel 1A
74,0°W  SBS 6
74,0°W  Galaxy 6
77,0°W  SBS 4 (incl. 5,5°)
79,0°W  GE 5
81,0°W  Spacenet 4 Satcom K2 (incl. 2,6°)
84,0°W  Brasilsat B3
85,0°W  GE 2
87,0°W  GE 3
89,0°W  Telstar 4
91,0°W  Galaxy 11 Nimiq 1
91,0°W  Galaxy 7
93,0°W  Telstar 6
95,0°W  Galaxy 3R Galaxy 8I
97,0°W  Telstar 5
101,0°W  GE 4 DirecTV 1R/2/3
103,0°W  GE 1
105,0°W  G-Star 4
107,3°W  Anik E2
109,2°W  Solidaridad 1
110,0°W  EchoStar 5 DirecTV 1
111,1°W  Anik E1
113,0°W  Solidaridad 2
116,8°W  SatMex 5
119,0°W  EchoStar 1/2/4 DirecTV 6
123,0°W  Galaxy 10R
125,0°W  Galaxy 5
127,0°W  Galaxy 9
129,0°W  Telstar 7
131,0°W  Satcom C3
133,0°W  Galaxy 1R
135,0°W  Satcom C4
137,0°W  Satcom C1
139,0°W  Satcom C5

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