Minimum Satellite Dish Size For UK (Satellite by Satellite)

master G

Jan 12th 2019, 10:21 pm

Planning a UK satellite installation? This satellite-by-satellite table shows the minimum dish size you need for each orbital position, with reception tips.

This guide lists the minimum recommended satellite dish size for receiving each satellite in the UK, satellite by satellite. Use it as a starting point when planning your installation.

Minimum Dish Size by Satellite

Orbital Position	Audio Language (Main Country Served)	Dish Size South UK	Dish Size North UK
52.5°E Yahsat 1A	Arabic, Algerian, English, French, Polish, Russian, Turkish	80 cm	80 cm
45.0°E Intelsat 904	English, Bulgarian, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak	50 cm	55 cm
42.0°E Türksat 4A	Arabic, English, Russian, Turkish	75 cm	80 cm
39.0°E Hellas Sat 3	Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Greek, French, Romanian, Serbian	50 cm	60 cm
36.0°E Eutelsat 36B	Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Georgian, Russian, Turkish,	50 cm	60 cm
33.0°E Eutelsat 33E	Arabic, English, French, Polish	80 cm	100 cm
28.2°E Astra 2E Astra 2G Astra 2F	English, Hindi, Urdu,	45 cm	60 cm
26.0°E Badr 4	Arabic, English, French, Turkish	100 cm	120 cm
23.5°E Astra 3B	Czech, Dutch, English, Luxembourgish, Serbian, Slovak	55 cm - 100 cm	150 cm
21.6°E Eutelsat 21B	Arabic, English, Greek, Hindi	90 cm	150 cm
19.2°E Astra 1KR Astra 1L Astra 1N Astra 1M	Arabic, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Turkish	60 cm	80 cm
16.0°E Eutelsat 16A	Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovenian, Romanian, Russian	70 cm	70 cm
13.0°E Hot Bird 13	Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azeri, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Italian, Khemr, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-croation, Somali, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese	60 cm - 90 cm	60 cm - 120 cm
10.0°E Eutelsat 10A	Arabic, Albanian, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Serbian	70 cm	70 cm
9.0°E Eutelsat 9B	Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, French, Hungarian, Russian, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu	50 cm	60 cm
7.0°E Eutelsat 7B	Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu	70 cm	100 cm
4.8°E SES 5 Astra 4A	English, Belarussian, Danish, Finnish, French, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Romainian, Serbian, Swedish, Russian, Ukrainian	80 cm - 100 cm	100 cm - 120 cm
0.8°W Thor	Czech, English, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Macedonian, Swedish, Romanian	75 cm	100 cm
5.0°W Eutelsat 5 West A	Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish	70 cm	80 cm
8.0°W Eutelsat 8 West D Eutelsat 8 West B	Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Somali	45 cm	60 cm
12.5°W Eutelsat 12 West B	Arabic, English (Africa), French, Italian	60 cm	80 cm
15.0°W Telstar 12 Vantage	Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romainian, Russian, Serbian	60 cm	60 cm
18.0°W Intelsat 37e	English (Africa), French, Portuguese	70 cm	90 cm
22.0°W SES 4	Arabic, English, French	60 cm	70 cm
24.5°W Intelsat 905 AlComSat 1	Arabic	55 cm	70 cm
27.5°W Intelsat 907	English	50cm	45cm
30.0°W Hispasat 30W	Czech, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish	60 cm	70 cm

Notes

The further a satellite is from due south, the more difficult reception becomes, as the satellite sits lower on the horizon. For the most easterly and westerly satellites you will typically need to mount your dish higher.

You will notice that some of the satellites listed have a broad range suggested for the minimum dish size — namely 23.5E, 16E and 4.8E. This is because some channels and transponders are weak and require a different sized dish. I advise that you do your own investigation in these cases.

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