arabsat-6a

[Analoguesat]

After the spectaccular landing of the 3 cores during this mission Space X have announced the centre core was written off after it toppled over on OCISLY in rough weather

 

[hvdh]

Arabsat-6A has reached GEO (no inclination) according TLE of 2 days ago, and will arrive at 30.5°E within a few days (or today).

 

[Laser]

Be good to see some footprint maps

 

[2night]

Be good to see some footprint maps

https://www.arabsat.com/english/the-fleet/upcoming-satellites

 

[Laser]

I think the illustration shows Arabsat 6E which will go to 34.5 East

No Arabsat 6A footprint at 30.5 East that I could see. Unless I have missed something

 

[solly]

Arabsat 6a now 10.4 e move east

 

[solly]

Arabsat 6a now 31.1 e move east

 

[Analoguesat]

14 hours apart:

Arabsat 6a now 10.4 e move east

Arabsat 6a now 31.1 e move east

And THAT illustrates nicely why the tracking charts are useless when the bird is actively being manoevered

 

[solly]

now satellite stability 30.9 e

 

[solly]

now satellite 30.8 e

 

[hvdh]

Arabsat 6A is at 30.5°E now.
Recent TLE's suggest that Arabsat 5A is moving a bit "out of the way", perhaps becomes 30.45 or 30.4°E, we'll see in time.

 

[Marcus_21]

First test carrier, at 3:26 UTC and repeated with stronger signal at 3:34 UTC.

 

[hvdh]

Since my post above 2 months ago, indeed Arabsat 5A stayed "out of the way" at average 30.43°E.
Arabsat 6A in-orbit testing was at 30.53°E average, and hand over to customer was on June 18 according this tweet:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1141004987830587392

During the last few days, Arabsat 6A seems to move to 30.43°E as well (or go even further)?
There is an old dispute with Avanti, that has HYLAS 2 at nearby 31.03°E (and another HYLAS to be launched).
And unproven Ka-band use by Arabsat-5A, used to claim the 30.5°E location.
The spot beams may overlap, causing mutual interference.

Arabsat 6A potentially bad news for Avanti

As reported on March 19th, Arabsat’s 6A satellite will launch next month and come into service later this year. Its position in orbit could cause a major head

advanced-television.com

 

[hvdh]

Arabsat 6A reached 30.0°E on 12 July, but quickly went back to 30.53°E.
Arabsat 5A stayed at 30.43°E.

Finally the Arabsat site lists Arabsat-6A with basic footprints for Ku- and Ka-band:

ArabSat

Founded in 1976 by the 21 member-states of the Arab League, Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of the Arab world for over 30 years

www.arabsat.com

 

[ocean04]

Arabsat 6A 10994V SR2800 12.2db / 3m