Ekran
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Ekran (Экран, Screen) was a Soviet-Russian type of geostationary satellite, developed for a national system of Direct-To-Home television. The first satellite of this kind was launched in 1976. The on-board transmitter of Ekran had enough power (200 W) that everyone in the Siberian region could receive the TV signal at home from Ekran's transponder using a simple Yagi-Uda antenna. A modified version of Ekran was called Ekran-M. Ekran satellites have been replaced by improved geostationary craft for DBS, such as Gorizont, Gals, and Express.
External links
- [Ekran satellite]
- [Ekran satellite : a short history of development]
- [Ekran-M]
- [Communicaion satellites : Voices from Space] - in Russian
- [Russian Geostationary Satellites]
- [Experiments of amateur Direct-To-Home reception of TV signal from Ekran satellite (included some photo)]
- [Development of direct satellite broadcasting]
- [Abstract]
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