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Sun Outage Prediction
What is a Sun Outage and how will it affect me?
Sun outages are natural phenomenon that occurs when a satellite and a receiving earth station come directly in line with the sun. The sun’s energy interferes with the satellite’s signal and affects the signals received by the earth station. The affected signals may lead to poor or no reception of channels relying on the affected satellites.
StarHub TV receives most of our channels via satellite before broadcasting them to homes. Satellite transmission is subject to these environmental factors which are beyond the control of the broadcaster.
How often do sun outages occur?
Sun outages occur when a satellite and a receiving earth station come directly in line with the sun. Such a phenomenon will typically occur twice a year for each satellite. As our channels are received from different satellite sources, different channels may be affected at different times of the year.
What channels will be affected by the March 2026 Sun Outage?
Some satellites will experience transmission interference between March 14th 2026 to March 25th 2026. You may refer to the list below for the projected downtime (up to 2-10Â mins.) of channels that are being transmitted by the affected satellites.
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apstar 7 | Cinemax HD Euronews HBO Family HD HBO HD HBO Hits HD HBO Signature HD | 14 Mar 26 | 2:57 PM | 3:46 PM |
| 15 Mar 26 | 2:56 PM | 3:47 PM | ||
| 16 Mar 26 | 2:56 PM | 3:47 PM | ||
| 17 Mar 26 | 2:55 PM | 3:47 PM | ||
| 18 Mar 26 | 2:55 PM | 3:47 PM | ||
| 19 Mar 26 | 2:54 PM | 3:46 PM | ||
| 20 Mar 26 | 2:54 PM | 3:46 PM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 2:54 PM | 3:46 PM | ||
| 22 Mar 26 | 2:53 PM | 3:45 PM | ||
| 23 Mar 26 | 2:53 PM | 3:45 PM | ||
| 24 Mar 26 | 2:53 PM | 3:44 PM | ||
| 25 Mar 26 | 2:54 PM | 3:43 PM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Asiasat 5 | Euro News TV TV5MONDE Asie HD | 14 Mar 26 | 1:05 PM | 1:54 PM |
| 15 Mar 26 | 1:04 PM | 1:54 PM | ||
| 16 Mar 26 | 1:03 PM | 1:54 PM | ||
| 17 Mar 26 | 1:03 PM | 1:54 PM | ||
| 18 Mar 26 | 1:02 PM | 1:54 PM | ||
| 19 Mar 26 | 1:02 PM | 1:54 PM | ||
| 20 Mar 26 | 1:01 PM | 1:54 PM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 1:01 PM | 1:53 PM | ||
| 22 Mar 26 | 1:01 PM | 1:53 PM | ||
| 23 Mar 26 | 1:01 PM | 1:52 PM | ||
| 24 Mar 26 | 1:01 PM | 1:52 PM | ||
| 25 Mar 26 | 1:01 PM | 1:51 PM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Asiasat 7 | Asianet Asianet Movies Cartoon Network CNN HD DW English HD Fox News Channel HD Phoenix Chinese Channel HD Phoenix InfoNews Channel HD Zee Cinema Zee TV | 14 Mar 26 | 12:41 PM | 1:31 PM |
| 15 Mar 26 | 12:41 PM | 1:31 PM | ||
| 16 Mar 26 | 12:40 PM | 1:31 PM | ||
| 17 Mar 26 | 12:39 PM | 1:31 PM | ||
| 18 Mar 26 | 12:39 PM | 1:31 PM | ||
| 19 Mar 26 | 12:39 PM | 1:30 PM | ||
| 20 Mar 26 | 12:38 PM | 1:30 PM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 12:38 PM | 1:30 PM | ||
| 22 Mar 26 | 12:38 PM | 1:29 PM | ||
| 23 Mar 26 | 12:38 PM | 1:28 PM | ||
| 24 Mar 26 | 12:38 PM | 1:28 PM | ||
| 25 Mar 26 | 12:38 PM | 1:28 PM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Asiasat 9 | CTI TV HD TVB Xing He TVBS Asia TVBS-NEWS | 18 Mar 26 | 11:44 AM | 11:48 AM |
| 19 Mar 26 | 11:43 AM | 11:49 AM | ||
| 20 Mar 26 | 11:42 AM | 11:49 AM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 11:42 AM | 11:49 AM | ||
| 22 Mar 26 | 11:42 AM | 11:48 AM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinasat 6D | CCTV-4 HD | 19 Mar 26 | 11:31 AM | 11:35 AM |
| 20 Mar 26 | 11:30 AM | 11:36 AM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 11:30 AM | 11:35 AM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinasat 6E | CGTN | 19 Mar 26 | 12:15 PM | 12:20 PM |
| 20 Mar 26 | 12:14 PM | 12:20 PM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 12:15 PM | 12:19 PM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IS 17 | Kalaignar TV | 14 Mar 26 | 3:44 PM | 4:34 PM |
| 15 Mar 26 | 3:44 PM | 4:34 PM | ||
| 16 Mar 26 | 3:43 PM | 4:34 PM | ||
| 17 Mar 26 | 3:42 PM | 4:34 PM | ||
| 18 Mar 26 | 3:42 PM | 4:34 PM | ||
| 19 Mar 26 | 3:42 PM | 4:34 PM | ||
| 20 Mar 26 | 3:41 PM | 4:34 PM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 3:41 PM | 4:33 PM | ||
| 22 Mar 26 | 3:41 PM | 4:33 PM | ||
| 23 Mar 26 | 3:41 PM | 4:32 PM | ||
| 24 Mar 26 | 3:41 PM | 4:32 PM | ||
| 25 Mar 26 | 3:41 PM | 4:31 PM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IS 19 | Asian Food Network HD BBC World News HD Discovery Channel HD HGTV Nick Jr HD Nickelodeon HD | 19 Mar 26 | 8:28 AM | 8:32 AM |
| 20 Mar 26 | 8:28 AM | 8:33 AM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 8:28 AM | 8:32 AM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IS 20 | COLORS ABC Australia Arirang TV KBS World HD NHK World Premium HD NHK World-Japan Travelxp HD | 14 Mar 26 | 3:33 PM | 4:23 PM |
| 15 Mar 26 | 3:33 PM | 4:23 PM | ||
| 16 Mar 26 | 3:32 PM | 4:23 PM | ||
| 17 Mar 26 | 3:31 PM | 4:23 PM | ||
| 18 Mar 26 | 3:31 PM | 4:23 PM | ||
| 19 Mar 26 | 3:30 PM | 4:23 PM | ||
| 20 Mar 26 | 3:30 PM | 4:22 PM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 3:30 PM | 4:22 PM | ||
| 22 Mar 26 | 3:30 PM | 4:22 PM | ||
| 23 Mar 26 | 3:30 PM | 4:21 PM | ||
| 24 Mar 26 | 3:30 PM | 4:20 PM | ||
| 25 Mar 26 | 3:30 PM | 4:20 PM |
| Channels | Date | Start time | End time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Measat 3 | Animax HD BBC Earth HD BBC Lifestyle HD Cbeebies HD Celestial Movies HD Crime + Investigation HD DreamWorks Channel HD FIGHT Sports HD HISTORY HD HITS HD HITS Movies HD Lifetime HD | 14 Mar 26 | 1:47 PM | 2:36 PM |
| 15 Mar 26 | 1:46 PM | 2:37 PM | ||
| 16 Mar 26 | 1:46 PM | 2:37 PM | ||
| 17 Mar 26 | 1:45 PM | 2:37 PM | ||
| 18 Mar 26 | 1:44 PM | 2:37 PM | ||
| 19 Mar 26 | 1:44 PM | 2:36 PM | ||
| 20 Mar 26 | 1:44 PM | 2:36 PM | ||
| 21 Mar 26 | 1:43 PM | 2:36 PM | ||
| 22 Mar 26 | 1:43 PM | 2:35 PM | ||
| 23 Mar 26 | 1:43 PM | 2:35 PM | ||
| 24 Mar 26 | 1:43 PM | 2:34 PM | ||
| 25 Mar 26 | 1:44 PM | 2:33 PM |