ESAT is back on air

ESAT (Ethiopian Satellite TV) has announced that is once again back on air and transmitting direct to Ethiopia for the 7th time starting yesterday.

The new satellite parameters are:
ABS1 Satellite
75 degree East
C Band
Downlink: 3.480 GHz Vertical (3480)
Symbol Rate: 1.852 Msps (1852)
FEC : 2/3

The regime in Ethiopia has been waging a full scale war on the independent Ethiopian media, and ESAT is one of its primary targets.

The 20-year-old decaying regime has also blocked all independent news web sites, such as this one.