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Based on your location, and using

  - Direct TV Satellite Fleet:  [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV#Satellite_fleet]]
  - This page for calculating satellite position:  [[http://www.csgnetwork.com/antennasatelazposcalc.html]]

Coordinates for Mom and Dad's place:  38.18 N  75.54

^Satellite 	^Orbital slot 	^Launch date 		^Satellite type			^Azimuth		^Elevation  ^
|DirecTV-1 	|109.8° W 	|17 December 1993 	|Hughes Electronics HS-601	|  227.7		|  33.2  |
|DirecTV-2 	|100.8° W 	|3 August 1994 		|Hughes Electronics HS-601	|  217.3		|  38.5  |
|DirecTV-1R 	|72.5° W 	|10 October 1999 	|Hughes Electronics HS-601HP	|  175.0		|  45.6  |
|DirecTV-4S 	|101.2° W 	|27 November 2001 	|Hughes Electronics HS-601HP	|  217.8		|  38.3  |
|DirecTV-5 	|109.8° W 	|7 May 2002 		|Space Systems/Loral LS-1300	|  227.7		|  33.2  |
|DirecTV-6 	|109.5° W 	|9 March 1997 		|Space Systems/Loral LS-1300	|  227.4		|  33.4  |
|DirecTV-7S 	|119.0° W 	|4 May 2004 		|Space Systems/Loral LS-1300	|  236.8		|  27.0  |
|DirecTV-8 	|100.8° W 	|22 May 2005 		|Space Systems/Loral LS-1300	|  217.3		|  38.5  |
|DirecTV-9S 	|101.1° W 	|13 October 2006 	|Space Systems/Loral LS-1300	|  217.7		|  38.3  |
|SPACEWAY-1 	|102.8° W 	|26 April 2005 		|Boeing BSS-702			|  219.8		|  37.4  |
|SPACEWAY-2 	|99.2° W 	|16 November 2005 	|Boeing BSS-702			|  215.3		|  39.3  |
|DirecTV-10 	|102.8° W 	|July 7, 2007 		|Boeing BSS-702			|  219.8		|  37.4  |
|DirecTV-11 	|99.2° W 	|March 19, 2008 	|Boeing BSS-702			|  215.3		|  39.3  |
|DirecTV-12 	|Unknown 	|Unknown 		|Boeing BSS-702                 |  xxxxx                |  xxxx  |
|DirecTV-13* 	|110° W		|November 16, 2012 	|Boeing BSS-702			|  227.9		|  33.1  |
|Galaxy 3C 	|95° W		|15 June 2002 		|Boeing BSS-702			|  209.7		|  41.3  |
|Hughes Net Data|87° W          |No Idea                |No Idea                        |  198.1                |  44.1  |

<code>
loc=[109.8,100.8,72.5,101.2,109.8,109.5,119.0,100.8,101.1,102.8,99.2,102.8,99.2,110.0,95.0]
az=[227.7,217.3,175.0,217.8,227.7,227.4,236.8,217.3,217.7,219.8,215.3,219.8,215.3,227.9,209.7]
el=[33.2,38.5,45.6,38.3,33.2,33.4,27.0,38.5,38.3,37.4,39.3,37.4,39.3,33.1,41.3]
s=sort(az)
plot,az(s),el(s),psym=-4,xrange=[200,250]
!p.title='Direct TV Fleet As Seen From The Woods'
; plot the satellites as diamonds (psym=4)
plot,az(s),el(s),psym=-4,xrange=[200,250],xtitle='Azimuth (True Degrees)',ytitle='Elevation (Degrees)'
; print the westing locations on the plot
for i=0,n_elements(az)-1L do begin xyouts,az(i),el(i)-2-i*2,STRCOMPRESS(STRING(loc(i),FORMAT='(f6.1)'),/REMOVE_ALL)
; draw a vertical line from the string/location to the satellite
for i=0,n_elements(az)-1L do begin plots,[az(i),az(i)],[el(i),el(i)-2-i*2],psym=0
</code>

Here is what this looks like in the sky:

{{:satellite:television:directtvfleetinsky.png|}}