Echostar 15 Moves to 119W

[nelson61]

Echostar 14 at 119w has both spot and conus coverage.
The Echostar 15 move can replace the conus coverage of E14.

No new bandwidth can be added.

 

[nelson61]

Echostar 15 has two essentially identical Conus beams.
This is the WTXR beam at 119W

 

[nelson61]

EchoStar 15 has departed 61.5W and is on the way to 119W

Presently ~50 km above geostationary, at ~64W and moving west at ~0.5 degrees per day.

This indicates arrival at 119W around the middle of August