How to find satellite coordinates

Finding satellites

When you set up your dish and receiver you will need to know what satellites are available and have a good idea of where they are located. One good resource is Lyngsat.

Here you can click your appropriate area from around the globe. North America,South America,Asia,Europe,etc.

Then you can view available satellites and what is listed on those satellites. Please note that encrypted satellites will not usually list their channell details.
True FTA Satellites will have channels listed.

In time, satellites due change their channel lineups and change what channels are on different transponders. So, it is a good idea to review the satellite list on Lyngsat from time to time. One way to know when to review the satellite list is if you start losing a favorite channel or channels.

Here in North America, popular satellites include Galaxy 25 among others.

What are keys for

With most FTA receivers you can enter keys that can pull in additional channels or networks.

Keys work in the same way that bins do. For keys to work you will need to turn autoroll off. I prefer bins myself.

There are a number of keygrabbers online and even desktop ones that will retrieve the latest working keys.