• Decide channel and pick satellite: http://www.lyngsat.com/ (eg. try Free TV :: Europe :: Greece :: ERT World )
• Find your location wrt. satellite: http://www.dishpointer.com/ (eg. try: Latitude: 35.1603° , Longitude: 33.3670° ) check ANGLE
• Verify that your dish size is OK: http://www.dishpointer.com/satellites/ (eg. HOT008KB 40: 120) click image to check COVERAGE
• Check with droidsat that the basic direction is correct: http://sites.google.com/site/droidsatproject/
• Find sat TLEs by NORAD: http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/geo.txt
• Convert to Celestia's .ssc format: http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/hutchison/spreadsheets.html#2
• Spot a star transit with Celestia: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
• Target and align dish/satellite

Other related

• Extra source of azimuth/elevation info: http://www.arachnoid.com/satfinderonline/index.php#scrolldown
• Cyprus Dreambox 500S provider: http://www.astrosateurope.com/articles/view/contact-us
• Suncalc: http://suncalc.net/#/35.1601,33.3672,15/2011.02.06/15:09
• REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING http://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=34&srt=11&dir=1
• Generic ham/amateur satellites http://sites.google.com/site/hamsatdroid/screenshots

Quick links

• AMC 3 at 87.0°W: http://www.lyngsat.com/amc3.html (includes NASA public channel)
• Nimiq 5 at 72.7°W: http://www.lyngsat.com/nimiq5.html (includes NASA public channel)
• Intelsat 10-02 at 1.0°W: http://www.lyngsat.com/intel1002.html
• Hot Bird 6 at 13.0°E: http://www.lyngsat.com/hb6.html
• Hot Bird 8 at 13.0°E: http://www.lyngsat.com/hb8.html
• Hot Bird 9 at 13.0°E: http://www.lyngsat.com/hb9.html
• Hellas Sat 2 at 39.0°E: http://www.lyngsat.com/hellas2.html
• Intelsat 7 at 68.6°E: http://www.lyngsat.com/intel7.html
• Apstar 2R at 76.5°E: http://www.lyngsat.com/apstar2r.html
• Free Radio from Greece: http://www.lyngsat.com/freeradio/Greece.html
• Free TV from Greece: http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/Greece.html
• TV Greece: http://www.lyngsat-address.com/tv/Greece.html
• TV ERTworld: http://www.lyngsat-address.com/df/ERT-World.html
• TV RAI UNO: http://www.lyngsat-address.com/or/RAI-UNO.html
• 3D TV: http://www.lyngsat.com/3d/index.html
• HD: http://www.lyngsat.com/hd/index.html

Here are the needed data for dishpointer & celestia orientation (height=6380km)

Address: cy
Latitude: 35.1603°
Longitude: 33.3670°

Satellite: 13E HOT BIRD 6 | HOT BIRD 8 | HOT BIRD 9
Elevation: 43.8°
Azimuth (true): 212.8°
Azimuth (magn.): 208.4°

And here is the basic .ssc for hotbird6, as it comes after conversion from 2-line NORAD TLE

"HOTBIRD6 2002-038A" "Sol/Earth"
{               
  Class "spacecraft"            
  # Mesh                
  Radius  0.005         
                
  EllipticalOrbit {             
    Epoch  2455596.56187537             
    Period  0.99727282          
    SemiMajorAxis  42164.216            
    Eccentricity  0.0005010             
    Inclination  0.0814         
    AscendingNode  271.7732             
    ArgOfPericenter  35.9849            
   MeanAnomaly  221.3471                
  }             
  Obliquity  0.0814             
  EquatorAscendingNode  271.7732                
  RotationOffset  234.0263              
  # Orientation  [  ]           
} 

-- FotisGeorgatos - 07-Feb-2011