Amazonas 1 and Hispasat C moved

[Jim S.]

According to LyngSat, Amazonas 1 is now parked at 36W. Has anyone received signals from it yet?

Also, they show Hispasat C moving west, although it's much further now than they have in their charts. According to n2yo, it's around 68W. Does anyone know where it's going?

 

[Jim S.]

I just did a scan of 36W with the Alien2, and the spectrum that it displays during blind scans shows lots of peaks but it doesn't recognize any transponders.

 

[Pixl]

I did several blind scans on and around 36 yesterday. Not a whisper here.

 

[Jim S.]

Meanwhile, Hispasat 1C is past 72W and still going, unless n2yo isn't updating the elements. I wonder if they're going to retire it.

 

[jorgek]

Meanwhile, Hispasat 1C is past 72W and still going, unless n2yo isn't updating the elements. I wonder if they're going to retire it.

Is there a specific orbital location ( grave yard ) where retirees are condemed to?

 

[waylew]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that around 105w is the parking lot,for the dead, dying and decrepit.

 

[catamount]

Meanwhile, Hispasat 1C is past 72W and still going, unless n2yo isn't updating the elements. I wonder if they're going to retire it.

I think that 1C and 1D are being retired in 2016,replaced by 1F.. Maybe it is going to eastern hemipshere to cover europe area?

 

[Pixl]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that around 105w is the parking lot,for the dead, dying and decrepit.

Graveyard orbit
From Wikipedia, the free encycloped
A graveyard orbit, also called a junk orbit or disposal orbit, is a supersynchronous orbit that lies significantly above synchronous orbit, where spacecraft are intentionally placed at the end of their operational life.
De-orbiting a geostationary satellite requires a delta-v of about 1,500 metres per second (4,900 ft/s), whereas re-orbiting it to a graveyard orbit only requires about 11 m/s (36 ft/s).
For satellites in geostationary orbit the graveyard orbit is a few hundred kilometers above the operational orbit. The transfer to a graveyard orbit above geostationary orbit requires the same amount of fuel that a satellite needs for approximately three months of stationkeeping.

In order to obtain a license to provide telecommunications services in the United States, the FCC requires all geostationary satellites launched after March 18, 2002, to commit to moving to a graveyard orbit at the end of their operational life.

 

[Conky]

little known secret: Hispasat C contains Spocks body and it's headed for the Genesis planet

 

[Jim S.]

I did several blind scans on and around 36 yesterday. Not a whisper here.

I scanned today in the most moisture-free air we've had in months (all the moisture has frozen out...) and I got quite a forest of peaks this time, with ONE identified as a transponder. 11923 V 2958, but the quality is weak and bouncing, and no channels were found.

EDIT: OOPS! That transponder is on 37.5... So I don't know if the other peaks I'm seeing are from there or from 36. I thought my alignment was better than that, I'm not having any trouble with any KNOWN transponders...

 

[jorgek]

I just did a scan of 36W with the Alien2, and the spectrum that it displays during blind scans shows lots of peaks but it doesn't recognize any transponders.

Moved my dish to 36W ( USALS ) and picked up 2 TPs but not enough signal to lock onto anything.

11887 H 25321
11923 V 2957

 

[Jim S.]

The 11923 is from 37.5W, the 11887 I don't know about. There used to be more than 1 TP on 37.5, but 11923 was all that showed up for me yesterday.