Minimum Satellite Dish Size For UK (Satellite by Satellite)

This guide shows minimum satellite dish sizes for all receivable satellites in the UK. Also includes different audio languages and which countries those satellites primarily serve.

Note: The further away the satellite you receive is from due south the more difficult reception will be depending how low the satellite will appear on the horizon. So, for the most East and West bearing satellites you will typically need to install your satellite dish higher.


Orbital Position Audio Language (Main Country Served) Dish Size South UK Dish Size North UK
52.5°E yahsat.png Yahsat 1A
 Arabic, Algerian, English, French, Polish, Russian, Turkish
 80 cm 80 cm
45.0°E intelsat.png Intelsat 904 English, Bulgarian, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak
 50 cm 55 cm
42.0°E turksat.png Türksat 4A Arabic, English, Russian, Turkish
 75 cm 80 cm
39.0°E minilogo_hellasat.png Hellas Sat 3 Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Greek, French, Romanian, Serbian 50 cm 60 cm
36.0°E eutelsat.png Eutelsat 36B Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Georgian, Russian, Turkish, 50 cm 60 cm
33.0°E eutelsat.png Eutelsat 33E Arabic, English, French, Polish
 80 cm 100 cm
28.2°E astra.png Astra 2E astra.png Astra 2G astra.png Astra 2F
 English, Hindi, Urdu,
 45 cm 60 cm
26.0°E arabsat.png Badr 4 Arabic, English, French, Turkish
 100 cm 120 cm
23.5°E astra.png Astra 3B
 Czech, Dutch, English, Luxembourgish, Serbian, Slovak 55 cm - 100 cm 150 cm
21.6°E eutelsat.png Eutelsat 21B Arabic, English, Greek, Hindi
 90 cm 150 cm
19.2°E astra.png Astra 1KR astra.png Astra 1L astra.png Astra 1N astra.png Astra 1M Arabic, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Turkish
 60 cm 80 cm
16.0°E 16e.png Eutelsat 16A Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovenian, Romanian, Russian
 70 cm 70 cm
13.0°E 13e.png 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.png Eutelsat 10A Arabic, Albanian, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Serbian
 70 cm 70 cm
9.0°E eutelsat.png Eutelsat 9B Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, French, Hungarian, Russian, Tamil, Turkish, Urdu
 50 cm 60 cm
7.0°E 7e.png Eutelsat 7B Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu 70 cm 100 cm
4.8°E ses.png SES 5 astra.png 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.png Thor Czech, English, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Macedonian, Swedish, Romanian 75 cm 100 cm
5.0°W eutelsat.png Eutelsat 5 West A Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
 70 cm 80 cm
8.0°W eutelsat.png Eutelsat 8 West D eutelsat.png Eutelsat 8 West B Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Somali
 45 cm 60 cm
12.5°W 125w.png Eutelsat 12 West B
Arabic, English (Africa), French, Italian
 60 cm 80 cm
15.0°W telstar.png Telstar 12 Vantage Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romainian, Russian, Serbian 60 cm 60 cm
18.0°W intelsat.png Intelsat 37e English (Africa), French, Portuguese
 70 cm 90 cm
22.0°W ses.png SES 4 Arabic, English, French
 60 cm 70 cm
24.5°W intelsat.png Intelsat 905 AlComSat 1 Arabic 55 cm 70 cm
27.5°W intelsat.png Intelsat 907 English 50cm 45cm
30.0°W hispasat.png Hispasat 30W Czech, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish
 60 cm 70 cm


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

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  • We would like to have a similar article for all countries.

    If you`re a satellite installer or know which satellites are receivable and dish size required for your own country please contribute to this discussion.

    jokosat  mika  esuo2

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    astra 19e - satellite dish 80 cm (can be smaller)

    hotbird 13e - satellite dish 80 cm minimum

    astra 23.5 - satellite dish 80 cm minimum

    bulgariasat 1.9e - satellite dish 80 cm minimum

    beams 39e - satellite dish 80 cm minimum

    Intelsat 10-02 (0.8 ° W) - satellite dish 80 cm minimum

    Eutelsat 16A (16.0 ° E) - satellite dish 90 cm and up (105 cm would be a standard of stability). otherwise the worst satellite. I get a nervous break when I'm going to mount or adjust the satellite dish on that satellite. horror, disaster.

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