D12 satellite - now we're receiving signals!
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Why, who said those with the fingers knew what they were talking about? How fast D12 is moving could have been the plan all along. You don't know any more than anyone else does about it.
So much for the twelth of never. DirecTvs new promo starts 5-13. Any coincidence?
What Promo?
If that were the case, it would seem that DIRECTV wouldn't have said that the drift was going to take 20 days and request 30 days from the FCC.
My comment has to do with those who proclaimed DISH foolish, careless and wasteful for moving E14 smartly into place when D12 has obviously gone to "ludicrous speed" to get to its destination.
This morning's TLE puts D12 at 94.44. This thing is moving.
Unless they spend a lot of time fine tuning it's final position, I think we could see the first channel from D12 appear on 5/19 or 5/20.
Unless they spend a lot of time fine tuning it's final position, I think we could see the first channel from D12 appear on 5/19 or 5/20.
30 days is the minimum that you can request and I don't think Directv ever said "twenty days". All of us were going by how long the last 2 sats took to make the move and guessed this would be the same. Some people did wrongly criticize Dish for moving too fast when they don't know the reasons why. I have never spoken ill of Dish Network or cable or FIOS, and never will.
Point taken on the speed used, however, the 20 day drift mentioned could well have been a worst case scenario. Again, you have no better idea what the real plan is, nor do I nor probably anyone else here.
I don't see them rushing E14 at all. They've been on plan for the transition to start 5/21, this has been set for quite a while.
There were several posts at dbstalk about how much faster E14 was getting to it's final spot compared to D12. They were more about how much slower Directv was in getting D12 on line compared to Dish and E14, not how fast Dish itself is.
According to the statement inside that link of your quoted post:
"It is planned to be co-located with SPACEWAY-1 and DirecTV-10 at or very near 102.8W"
"It is planned to be co-located with SPACEWAY-1 and DirecTV-10 at or very near 102.8W"
102.765WWhat is the proposed location for this bird?
As of last night (midnight MDT), D12 was projected at 106W and maintaining its drift orbit (still moving west at a good clip). If nothing has changed in the interim, it is at 107.35W.
Harshness was giving an estimation of current location, using the latest info, plus time past since then.
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