Satmode

SATMODE, a short word from satellite modem, is a return channel service from SES Astra

With the beginning of 2003 vorgestelltem service is a permanent connection to the satellite Astra 1H can be maintained. The project was supported since 2003 with funds from the ESA. Here, the Ka-band is used for the satellite return channel. With SATMODE to interactive television can also be used without conventional Internet as a return channel. The data is then transmitted in DVB- S transponder signal for MHP services on the set- top box and used from there. The return channel is then transmitted over the designed specifically for SATMODE LNB the dish back to the satellite and processed and passed from there to the ground station of the SES Astra. Particularly interesting is this method for television advertising, which then may indicate references to other offers via SATMODE in their commercials and they can forward specifically to the customer. It could also Tele Surveys ( TEDs ) are performed by remote control.

A commercial launch and price of interactive television services vie SATMODE is not yet announced and television stations have yet to be announced no support. However, the same technology for two -way satellite Internet service Astra2Connect (now SES Broadband ) is used, which on the Astra 23.5 ° East satellite position is started in 2007 and runs in both directions over the Ku-band.