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arianespace va 242 march 2018
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<blockquote data-quote="s-band" data-source="post: 1049039" data-attributes="member: 407744"><p>Interesting. Now you have me doubting that the beacon I found at around 21.5E is Gov Sat. When I first found Govsat on X band in February, it appeared to be a bit west of Skynet at 25.1E, i.e. around 23.5E. However, a month or so later [USER=402772]@Feedsat_DXer[/USER] and I could see tests at 21.5E ish. My dish is too small to get a good fix at X band though but Feedsat's is probably more accurate. <a href="http://satellitescommunity.de/thread.php?threadid=1455&sid=" target="_blank">Satellites Community - 21.5°E SES-16 (GovSat-1)</a></p><p></p><p>I was looking for AlYah 3, which I found as it wandered around there. In the process I found another beacon in geo position about 21.5E on Ka band. At that time Govsat was showing as 21.5E and I assumed that was what I'd found here: <a href="http://satellitescommunity.de/thread.php?sid=&postid=26120#post26120" target="_blank">Satellites Community - 21.5?E SES-16 (GovSat-1)</a></p><p></p><p>As you say, it appears that Govsat has moved. I don't have Ka or X fitted at the moment so can not check. The X band beacon is the best to use as that is confirmed as Govsat. I have used SBIRS GEO 2 (on Ka) as a marker since it is the loudest thing around, even though it is in inclined orbit.</p><p></p><p>If Govsat is at 23.5E and on Ka it should be easy to confirm as there is a strong carrier from Astra3B on 20.199GHz</p><p></p><p>Attached is the current position data based on N2YO's TLEs. I note that GovSat is showing orbit 3 which is strange. Do they re-set the orbit number when a satellite is moved?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s-band, post: 1049039, member: 407744"] Interesting. Now you have me doubting that the beacon I found at around 21.5E is Gov Sat. When I first found Govsat on X band in February, it appeared to be a bit west of Skynet at 25.1E, i.e. around 23.5E. However, a month or so later [USER=402772]@Feedsat_DXer[/USER] and I could see tests at 21.5E ish. My dish is too small to get a good fix at X band though but Feedsat's is probably more accurate. [URL='http://satellitescommunity.de/thread.php?threadid=1455&sid=']Satellites Community - 21.5°E SES-16 (GovSat-1)[/URL] I was looking for AlYah 3, which I found as it wandered around there. In the process I found another beacon in geo position about 21.5E on Ka band. At that time Govsat was showing as 21.5E and I assumed that was what I'd found here: [URL='http://satellitescommunity.de/thread.php?sid=&postid=26120#post26120']Satellites Community - 21.5?E SES-16 (GovSat-1)[/URL] As you say, it appears that Govsat has moved. I don't have Ka or X fitted at the moment so can not check. The X band beacon is the best to use as that is confirmed as Govsat. I have used SBIRS GEO 2 (on Ka) as a marker since it is the loudest thing around, even though it is in inclined orbit. If Govsat is at 23.5E and on Ka it should be easy to confirm as there is a strong carrier from Astra3B on 20.199GHz Attached is the current position data based on N2YO's TLEs. I note that GovSat is showing orbit 3 which is strange. Do they re-set the orbit number when a satellite is moved? [/QUOTE]
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