GAME ON! Echostar XI successfully reaches Geo-synchronous Transfer orbit!
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FWIW I think the concept is wonderful.since it collects all the "Thank You" posts into a simple list that takes way less space than if they were individual "+1:up:" posts
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We might as well have a reputation system running if we're going to do all this back patting for posting a comment. I had to ask WTH? when I saw P. Smith's thank you on a Question asked some posts back in this thread.
It's just another flavor of the weak...
They are smoking. Approaching Geostationary with 1000Km to go!!
Epoch (UTC): 13:46:52, Monday, July 21, 2008Eccentricity: 0.0125395Inclination: 0.003°Perigee height: 34583 kmApogee height: 35623 kmRight Ascension of ascending node: 36.679°Argument of perigee: 351.599°Revolutions per day: 1.02758925Mean anomaly at epoch: 330.777°Orbit number at epoch: 8
Epoch (UTC): 13:46:52, Monday, July 21, 2008Eccentricity: 0.0125395Inclination: 0.003°Perigee height: 34583 kmApogee height: 35623 kmRight Ascension of ascending node: 36.679°Argument of perigee: 351.599°Revolutions per day: 1.02758925Mean anomaly at epoch: 330.777°Orbit number at epoch: 8
Indeed. It is also at 133.6 degrees West, so just a few days journey (if that) to the testing site at 138.
While someone is doing that, why don't they have a setting to block out sig lines? Then how about blocking avatars? (especially the obnoxious animated ones)
Check your user options. You can turn off Avatars and Signatures.
In FireFox I have my animated graphics setting to only cycle once so I don't see the constant moving of the avatars. Drives me nuts as I speed read and the moving avatars makes it impossible to do so.
At 140 and essentially geostationary. Let the testing begin!!
Epoch (UTC): 14:46:23, Tuesday, July 22, 2008Eccentricity: 0.0020728Inclination: 0.0023°Perigee height: 35621 kmApogee height: 35796 kmRight Ascension of ascending node: 26.4698°Argument of perigee: 185.205°Revolutions per day: 1.00549382Mean anomaly at epoch: 168.8507°Orbit number at epoch: 9
Epoch (UTC): 14:46:23, Tuesday, July 22, 2008Eccentricity: 0.0020728Inclination: 0.0023°Perigee height: 35621 kmApogee height: 35796 kmRight Ascension of ascending node: 26.4698°Argument of perigee: 185.205°Revolutions per day: 1.00549382Mean anomaly at epoch: 168.8507°Orbit number at epoch: 9
According to Real Time Satellite Tracking July 24, 2008 16:40 GMT
Longitude -139.79
Right Ascension: 3h:1m:8s
Declination -6 Degrees 17' 14"
Azimuth 246.9 degrees
Elevation +21.44
Altitude (miles) 22189
Longitude -139.79
Right Ascension: 3h:1m:8s
Declination -6 Degrees 17' 14"
Azimuth 246.9 degrees
Elevation +21.44
Altitude (miles) 22189
Those numbers look stale. The new TLE (16) shows the following:
Longitude: -139.7752
Right Ascension: 3:24:06
Declination: 6deg 43'25"
Altitude: 35,782.33Km (22,234.1 miles)
Looks like it is moving relatively slowly (3.072Km/second) and still in the wrong direction.
Thanks Digi. You just saved some of my sanity. I just unchecked "Play animations in web pages" in IE options and now all I get is 1 frame. I think some people just pick the most annoying moving avatars they can find.
The only thing I find annoying with turning off the animations is some weather radar loops only loop one time now
And mashing the clutch to get back on topic... anyone know when E-11 will be at 138.5? I'm sure the FTA'ers and folks with spectrum analyzers will be scanning the skies looking for signs of life.
