Quetzsat 1 Successfully Launched!
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They never say how long. Could be up to a month but more probably will finish any day now since there are only two beams (assuming all went well)
Does anyone know what's going to be on the new satellite?? I thought someone said it would not be use for locals on this satellite or I could be wrong.
Chris
Chris
They earlier said they were out some lease money due to a later than anticipated launch and they would have it in place asap. I would guess soon as long as there are no anomalies encountered during testing.
It's a replacement at 77W. There are locals on 77, locals on a ConUS beam instead of a spot beam.
No.
They test in bursts and licensed test ground transmit stations from 3 different companies indicating they are likely rotating the satellite on it's axis and needed wide geographic locations to maintain uplinks.
They are probably measuring the downlink beams at a single or few locations which would standardize the test data.
I can see testing now on the BLSA.
There is currently a spike moving back and forth across Transponder 18.
There is currently a spike moving back and forth across Transponder 18.
Friday Oct 28 1:40PM Mountain
Location: 67.1 Test Site
4 weeks after launch- 17 days at test site.
Location: 67.1 Test Site
4 weeks after launch- 17 days at test site.
SES asked for and received a 30 day extension (October 24 to November 23) for in orbit testing.
http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=923056
http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=923056
Tuesday Nov 1 2:20 AM Mountain
Location: 67.1 Test Site
Filed today to relocate Echostar 8 longitude within the 77W cluster so as to provide space for Quetzsat 1.
Filing also reports that Echostar 8 is in inactive spare status.
Location: 67.1 Test Site
Filed today to relocate Echostar 8 longitude within the 77W cluster so as to provide space for Quetzsat 1.
Filing also reports that Echostar 8 is in inactive spare status.
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