Astra 1N - made it to geostationary orbit, now the fun starts

[djgeo_gr]

good morning to all friends i check now here _http://www.n2yo.com/?s=37775
and the satellite are in 27,56

 

[solly]

anyway today both lyngsat and n2yo will be arrive today

 

[Chris76]

1N is just about to break the 28° mark according to @ttp://www.n2yo.com/?s=37775 A quick question, for how long will it take her to move up into GSO once parked @28.2°e?

 

[Analoguesat]

Once shes "parked" she will be in GSO.

 

[solly]

astra 1n will be update tle list tomorow morning

 

[dvdfilm]

Astra 1N is now at 28E

 

[Analoguesat]

Dont be surprised if she appears to go sailing past 28E - remember what I said about the tracking sites often take a few days to catch up

 

[Chris76]

Once shes "parked" she will be in GSO.

My understanding AS was she was travelling below gso and would need to move up into GSO. So do they fire the thrusters and send her up rather than stopping her altough still moving @17500mph following the earth.. its all a little confusing

 

[Analoguesat]

Answers on a postcard....

 

[dvdfilm]

Dont be surprised if she appears to go sailing past 28E - remember what I said about the tracking sites often take a few days to catch up

Yes,it also depends on when the next tle's will be published

 

[M60]

Yes,it also depends on when the next tle's will be published

Do we know when the next TLE's are due to be published for 1N? Presumably they are published every two or three days?

 

[dvdfilm]

Astra 1N now at 28.2E

 

[Hiach]

Do we know when the next TLE's are due to be published for 1N? Presumably they are published every two or three days?

For 1N the TLE data is usually updated once a day, with the occasional weekend break.
The data are 1day old when published at n2yo.
Then, for some reason, there is a 4 day break when it changes orbit.

Latest TLE at n2yo is from Monday afternoon, there will be one more from Tuesday.
Both have 1N moving...

Could we expect some new transponders lighting up tomorrow?

 

[djgeo_gr]

good morning to all friends i check for morning here
n2yo.com/?s=37775 and i see it that the satellite has stay in 28,5 dosent know any friends when starting the testing?

 

[Analoguesat]

Dont be surprised if she appears to go sailing past 28E - remember what I said about the tracking sites often take a few days to catch up

28.65 and still going

 

[Analoguesat]

good morning to all friends i check for morning here
n2yo.com/?s=37775 and i see it that the satellite has stay in 28,5 dosent know any friends when starting the testing?

The testing is done - she should be going into service before the end of the month

 

[Pietclock]

It is probably more useful to monitor Band C from now on...

 

[Llew]

It is probably more useful to monitor Band C from now on...

Got my tuner set up on a spare dish so that I can check that section of those frequencies for anything that might pop up sooner or later...

 

[M60]

Got my tuner set up on a spare dish so that I can check that section of those frequencies for anything that might pop up sooner or later...

Good to see your on the case Llew, no doubt we'll hear of illumination here first!

 

[Pietclock]

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Still quiet, however my multiswitch has a decoupling problem obviously...