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Optus C1 will start broadcasting aurora services as from 13/07/03 and these service will be removed from Optus B3 as from the 17/07/03. The Optus C1 Satellite is in place located at 156E as from the 13/07/03. As for how other channel will be effected as from 04/01/04 this is still under wraps. It is known that the Optus C1 has 24 Ku Banbs tps.