50E (Intelsat 26)

[Archived-1]

I liked that what other fly bys do we have a chance at please ?

 

[pontiend]

No joy martin.It looks like I was lucky yesterday.That 1 meter dish that I was going to get in the summer looks like arriving early.Like tomorrow. ;)

 

[Archived-1]

she is still coming in strong here thanks pontiend :-)I will try and get my 1mtr back up tomorrow pal, we used to get similar signals in the past ;-)

 

[Captain Jack]

Ponti make sure you're entering all the details correctly. Martin gets a very decent signal near you and I get it on much smaller 85cm dish in the south.... I can't see how you can't get it with your 90cm one... unless it's really marginal. Your 5402 should show some signal at least.....

 

[Archived-1]

on her way down here now 69/70%

 

[Archived-1]

just using this post as a log, signal breaking up now just about lost her next fly by 10:13 UTC :-)

 

[pontiend]

I am a happy Bunny. It is back on.71% with my TM5402HD and 97cm crappy dish. Good solid picture.All about satellites.09.30

Going down now 10.02am 64/65%

 

[Archived-1]

great ponti so pleased for you m8 well done, and thanks for your first report on this :-)

 

[pontiend]

10.22 down to 52/54% now.Still a good picture though.Because of the position of my 97cm dish up to now I have been unable to recieve anything past 42East.It is on my shed at the bottom of the garden.So I am pleasantly suprised.
Before the week is out I am off to Wakefiefd to get a 1 meter orbital.Then I will be cooking with gas. :-bigsmile

 

[BlindFaith]

I am a happy Bunny. It is back on.71% with my TM5402HD and 97cm crappy dish. Good solid picture.All about satellites.09.30

Going down now 10.02am 64/65%

Here it's still going up. You should fine tune your dish ;)

 

[BlindFaith]

now it reached the top level here

 

[Kveys]

North Europe found it too Nothing from C-band if it transmitting anything? FS says 3970V same promo but no sign of life.

 

[BlindFaith]

maybe now peaking? ;)

 

[pontiend]

My elevation is a bit out.It is one of those silly triax sliding types.Almost imposible to get spot on.Perhaps being farther north the signal fades earlier.

 

[Captain Jack]

BlindFaith, your location is different from ponti's. As the satellite moves around, the footprint no doubt changes, which will be different for you and ponti (and anyone else)....

 

[BlindFaith]

..not necessarily. The inclined orbiter crosses twice the Clarke belt. If both mounts at different locations follow exactly this curve, the max_time should be at both location identical. If not, one or both need fine tuning ;)

 

[Analoguesat]

Tracking info:

http://www.n2yo.com/?s=24732

The important figure is the latitude figure - we want that as close to zero as possible


INTELSAT 26 (JCSAT 4)

LOCAL TIME:

17:14:58


UTC:

16:14:58


LATITUDE:

4.77


LONGITUDE:

50.29


ALTITUDE [km]:

35787.86


ALTITUDE [mi]:

22237.55


SPEED [km/s]:

0.01


SPEED [mi/s]:

0.01

 

[Analoguesat]

I-26 is heading back towards the centre of the arc atm if anyone wants a go. Probably a couple of hours or so. Im about to try for the adjacent Galaxy 26 so the dish will be near enough to have a go.

 

[Huevos]

I-26 is heading back towards the centre of the arc atm if anyone wants a go. Probably a couple of hours or so.

It's at 4.2ºN and going North. It won't be on the arc until 20:35 UTC.

Edit: looks like the arrow on n2yo.com is pointing in the wrong direction.

 

[Analoguesat]

Yes I misread the chart

Ah well.

Couldnt find Galaxy 26 anyway