10,000 Channels of Military Information

The NATO satellite above Africa broadcast a signal in the Super High Frequency. Within this, there were up to 10,000 different channels of information that were received at the ground by a low-noise amplifier located atop the dish.

The amplified signal was then sent to a "de-multiplexer", which translated the signal into the appropriate channels and routed them to their correct destinations.

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