GAME ON! Echostar XI successfully reaches Geo-synchronous Transfer orbit!

[Fitzie]

Sitting on go. If I were Dish Network, I'd be getting the press release ready for the moment E11 is fired up. (Thanks to all who have kept us posted.)

fitzie

 

[rglore]

What exactly is the purpose of the camera?

Replaces the fishes channel, now we can see millions of them.

 

[Smith P.]

You mean istead of fishes we will see stars.

 

[PEDROJOSE]

is it a live camera? or time lapsed?

 

[Smith P.]

Yes, by design.

EDIT: It was a report - it shows still images, updating interval is 30 sec.

 

[lakebum431]

What channel is this supposedly on?

 

[lakebum431]

Sorry, I see in Smith's screenshot 5990. That could be neat. too bad it isn't HD

 

[vegassatellite]

What exactly is the purpose of the camera?

They're launching a new channel called FOGNL and it'll be broadcasting a show about Earth that looks into all the conflict going on here. Google FOGNL to learn more.

 

[Inside]

It seems to me that transponders 8 and 16 have been moved to E* XI. Signal is enormous in the Caribbean, nearly double anything I have seen before!

 

[HDRoberts]

It seems to me that transponders 8 and 16 have been moved to E* XI. Signal is enormous in the Caribbean, nearly double anything I have seen before!

Indeed, here in Cleveland, all E8 110 TPs are in the 50s and 60s, while TPs 8 and 16 are in the 85+.

 

[greggor48]

I looked at TP 8 and 16 they are normal nothing change and I am in the Caribbean

 

[ralfyguy]

I have 82+ on TP's 8,16 and 24. Before it was in the mid 60's.

 

[PEDROJOSE]

transponder 14 , 7 with 99% quality in Puerto Rico

 

[ralfyguy]

transponder 14 , 7 with 99% quality in Puerto Rico

What receiver and dish do you have?

 

[PEDROJOSE]

an old 111 correcting on 16 and 8 , 116 percent quality

 

[greggor48]

In the Southern Caribbean I am checking on the 110W signal with a 1.8m Channel Master with Aspen-Eagle DSS LNBF and TP 14 is normally 70 ~83+%; TP 8=70+ and TP 21 also normally have a good signal above 70% and this is without fine tuning the dish. I do not think E11 is in operation yet.

What I believe, since Dish Network have to move E8 east to make room for E11 I believe they would have give it some more power. For example, TP1, 5, 8,9, 16,21 and 24 was 90% for a couple of hours a few weeks ago. Other TP's that was available that was TP 11, 19 and 22. But the signal wasn't for long.

 

[jerryez]

We should see changes in the Uplink Center when E11 goes live and I don't see any changes for today Yet.

 

[RandallA]

Definitely something is going on with some TPs. I'm getting higher signal on these transponders:

TP 8 Old = 56 New = 78
TP 16 Old = 57 New = 76
TP 24 Old = 56 New = 76

Most TPs have higher signal but only between 5-8 higher.

Dish 1000.2 and I'm in the Bay Area, CA.

 

[greggor48]

What is your location and what size dish do you have? I notice TP 1 has a very low signal. I get TP 8,16 and 24 above 70% even before E11 was at 110W.

 

[fredp]

Definitely something is going on with some TPs. I'm getting higher signal on these transponders:

TP 8 Old = 56 New = 78
TP 16 Old = 57 New = 76
TP 24 Old = 56 New = 76

Most TPs have higher signal but only between 5-8 higher.

Burlington, Vt:

TP 8 Old = 57 New = ~82
TP 16 Old = 58 New =~81
TP 24 Old = 48 New = ~74