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 | 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 Here is what this looks like in the sky: {{:satellite:television:directtvfleetinsky.png|}}