Up Coming Launch Eutelsat 21B

[solly]

October 10, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA210
Preparations are now fully underway for Arianespace’s upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission scheduled in early November at the Spaceport – underscoring the company’s launcher family operational flexibility, as this activity is in parallel with ongoing final checkout of a medium-lift Soyuz vehicle that will depart from French Guiana on Friday.
The Ariane 5 flight is designated VA210 in Arianespace’s mission numbering system, and it will orbit two telecommunications relay satellites: EUTELSAT 21B for Europe’s Eutelsat Communications, and Star One C3 for Star One S.A. of Brazil.
EUTELSAT 21B arrived this week in French Guiana, delivered by a chartered cargo jetliner that touched down at Cayenne’s Félix Eboué Airport on October 8. The VA210 mission’s Ariane 5 was transferred yesterday from the Spaceport’s Launcher Integration Building to the Final Assembly Building, where it will be readied to receive the two satellite passengers.
With a liftoff mass of five metric tons, EUTELSAT 21B has a 15-year in-orbit design life and was built for Eutelsat by Thales Alenia Space using the Spacebus 4000 platform. This 40-transponder Ku-band satellite will operate from Eutelsat’s 21.5° East orbital position, which has been developed since 1999 as a relay location for telephone companies, enterprises and government administrations in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. EUTELSAT 21B’s deployment will enable Eutelsat to boost capacity at this orbital slot by almost 50 percent.

VA210 will mark the 210th flight of an Ariane-series vehicle since the launcher family’s startup of operations in 1979, and is to be Arianespace’s sixth Ariane 5 mission so far in 2012.
The VA210 launcher activity is centered at the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch complex for Ariane 5, which is separated from the ELS facility used for Soyuz operations at French Guiana. By design, the Spaceport is able to carry out flight preparations in parallel with the heavy-lift Ariane 5, medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega, enabling Arianespace to fully benefit from the availability of its complete launcher family.
In addition to ongoing actions for the VA210 mission – which is scheduled for liftoff on November 9 – the Spaceport also is ready for this Friday’s launch of the Arianespace Soyuz VS03 mission, carrying two European Galileo navigation satellites on the Russian-built vehicle’s third flight from French Guiana.

Source www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/962.asp

 

[solly]

eutelsat 21b under test

 

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[solly]

eutelsat sourch link
it big satellite 40 transponder ku band

www.eutelsat.com/news/press-releases.html

 

[solly]

www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/966.aspOctober 17, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA210
Both payloads for Arianespace's sixth Ariane 5 mission of 2012 are now in French Guiana following this month's delivery of the Star One C3 relay platform – which will join its EUTELSAT 21B co-passenger on the next heavy-lift flight.
Star One C3 arrived at Cayenne's Félix Eboué Airport aboard a chartered cargo jetliner for its transfer to the Spaceport – where EUTELSAT 21B has been undergoing its own pre-launch preparations since the second week in October.
The Star One C3 spacecraft was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation based on the company's GEOStar™ bus, and carries a hybrid payload to provide C- and Ku-band communications for the South American region. It features a pair of 2.3-meter deployable reflectors and one 1.4-meter Earth deck-mounted antenna, and is designed to generate approximately five kilowatts of payload power over a mission life greater than 15 years.
Star One C3 will be operated by Brazil-based satellite communications service provider Star One S.A. following its launch on Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission – which is planned for liftoff from the Spaceport on November 9.
It will be orbited along with the EUTELSAT 21B telecommunications spacecraft, which was produced for Europe's Eutelsat Communications by Thales Alenia Space

 

[solly]

--http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/971.asp
October 31, 2012 – Ariane Flights VA210 & VA211
Launch vehicle preparations for the next two Ariane 5 flights from French Guiana are moving forward at the Spaceport as Arianespace maintains the mission pace in 2012 with its heavy-lift workhorse.
Activity conducted this week included installation of customer graphics on the payload fairing for Ariane Flight VA210, which is to orbit the EUTELSAT 21B and Star One C3 telecommunications satellites on a launch scheduled for November 9.

In this upward view inside the Spaceport's Launcher Integration Building, the ESC-A upper stage and vehicle equipment bay are raised as a single unit for installation atop Flight VA211's Ariane 5.

As with all Ariane 5 flights, the vehicle’s ogive-shaped payload fairing – which protects its spacecraft passengers during ascent through the denser atmospheric layers – is made available for logos and other images that represent the mission's customers and their satellites. The fairing is jettisoned approximately three minutes after an Ariane 5’s liftoff.
For Flight VA210, team members working in the Ariane 5’s Final Assembly Building placed large decals on the fairing with the Eutelsat logo and an artistic representation of EUTELSAT 21B’s coverage area, along with a red and white logo for the Star One C3 satellite.
In parallel, a key milestone was reached for Arianespace’s Flight VA211 with the completion of initial build-up for its Ariane 5, which has been assembled inside the Spaceport’s Launcher Integration Building. This step was marked with installation of the ESC-A upper stage and vehicle equipment bay as a single unit atop the vehicle’s cryogenic core stage.
Once additional integration and checkout steps are completed, the Ariane 5 will be ready for its transfer from the Launcher Integration Building to the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building – currently occupied by Flight VA210’s Ariane 5. The Final Assembly Building will become available once the Ariane 5 for Flight VA210 is transferred from this facility to the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone on the day before liftoff.
Arianespace’s Flight VA211 is targeted for mid-December with a dual-payload of the Skynet 5D and Mexsat 3 satellites.
Preparations for these two upcoming launches continue a busy year for Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5. Previous missions during 2012 lofted Europe’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle for servicing of the International Space Station on March 23; the JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 telecommunications spacecraft on May 15; a mixed telecommunications/meteorological satellite payload of EchoStar XVII and MSG-3 on July 5; the Intelsat 20 and HYLAS 2 relay platforms on August 2; and the ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10 spacecraft on September 28.

 

[solly]

__www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/973.asp

Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 flight is cleared for liftoff with EUTELSAT 21B and Star One C3
November 7, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA210
The sixth heavy-lift Ariane 5 flight for Arianespace in 2012 has been given the “go” for liftoff on Friday following today’s successful launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
This milestone – which is held prior to each Arianespace mission – confirms that the heavy-lift launch vehicle and its payload are flight-ready, along with the readiness of Spaceport’s infrastructure and the downrange tracking station network.
The Ariane 5 therefore is cleared for its rollout tomorrow from the Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3 launch zone, where it will be readied for liftoff on November 9 during a launch window that opens at 6:05 p.m. local time in French Guiana.
Satellite passengers for this flight – designated VA210 in Arianespace’s launcher family numbering system – are EUTELSAT 21B and Star One C3. Payload lift performance for the Ariane 5 is estimated at 9,215 kg. – which includes 8,250 kg. for the two satellites, along with the launcher’s dual-passenger dispenser system and integration hardware.
Produced for Eutelsat Communications by Thales Alenia Space, the EUTELSAT 21B satellite will provide Ku-band telecommunications, data and broadband services over Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Orbital Sciences Corporation built the Star One C3 relay platform for Brazil’s Star One telecommunications operator, and it is to offer C- and Ku-band capacity for the Brazil and Andean region of South America.

 

[solly]

__http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/EUTELSAT-21B.html
EUTELSAT 21B :: 21.5° East
Located at 21.5° East, a major orbital position for data, professional video and government services.
Eutelsat’s new 21B satellite will be launched in November 2012 to 21.5 degrees East, where it will replace EUTELSAT 21A, launched in 1999. Over the past decade, 21.5 degrees East has become a major orbital position for data, professional video and government services across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
EUTELSAT 21B will offer significantly increased capacity (40 Ku-band transponders versus 29 on 21A) and improved power and coverage. In addition to an enhanced widebeam across Europe into North Africa and Central Asia, the satellite will also feature two dedicated high power beams covering North-West Africa and the Middle East/Central Asia.
WATCH THE LAUNCH LIVE
The video retransmission starts at 20.50 GMT (21.50 CET) on November 9. You can watch the launch via:
1) Webcast: www.arianespace.tv >
2) EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13° East
Transponder 120
Frequency: 10911 MHz
Vertical Polarization
Symbol rate : 27500 (27.5 Msymbol/s)
DVB-S2
8PSK
FEC 3/4
Signal in Standard Definition 16/9
Service name : Eutelsat 21B (replacing "WTF")
Service ID: 15912
Video PID: 1638
Audio 1 PID: 2456 (English)
Audio 2 PID: 2457 (French / Français)
3) EUTELSAT 10A (ex W2A) at 10° East
Frequency: 11106.5 MHz
Vertical Polarization
Symbol rate : 6.6665 Msymbol/s
DVB-S
QPSK
FEC 7/8
Signal in Standard Definition 16/9
Audio 1: English commentary
Audio 2: Commentaire en français

 

[colinp]

Thanks for the feed channels.I'm working so may have to watch it on Ariannespace app.

 

[Analoguesat]

Two of the three coverage maps of Eutel 21B look very favourable for the UK & NW Europe

Think I might need to put another dish up for this one

 

[Analoguesat]

The Eutel21B channel is up and running on 13E although its currently at black level

 

[solly]

it nw beam let hope i can get it

 

[Llew]

WTF must have had a short lifespan. Checked that TP when WTF appeared, always blank for me.

 

[solly]

the signal will be start 30 minut before launch

 

[mapperuo]

Thanks for posting the freqs. Helpful the 10e freq has been the same for the past 4-5 Ariane launches now. *thumbs up*

 

[solly]

__http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2012/976.asp

November 9, 2012 – Ariane Flight VA210
Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 launch with the EUTELSAT 21B and Star One C3 telecommunications satellites has been postponed 24 hours due to unfavorable weather conditions in French Guiana.
High-altitude winds over the Spaceport’s launch site exceeded the limits that are part of safety conditions for every Ariane 5 mission, leading to the postponement decision.
The Ariane 5 and its two satellite passengers are in a “safe” mode at the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone, ready for a resumption of the final countdown.
This flight’s launch window remains the same for tomorrow, opening at 6:05 p.m. local time in French Guiana and continuing to 7:51 p.m.

 

[solly]

live launch next 20 minut

 

[Analoguesat]

Ive got no sound on 13E, and a weak signal on 10E!

So Im watching 13E with the audio from the Arianespace webstream !

 

[solly]

launch sucess

maybe tle next 9 days will be see eutelsat 21b on orbit

 

[solly]

the any know location in testing signal orbit ?