Astra 2F at 28E (at last!)

[BlindFaith]

I had a real test signal at 11141H. Lasted only very shortly.. ..some signal is still there.

 

[BlindFaith]

got it!!

 

[Huevos]

got it!!

This is the same signal I posted about yesterday afternoon, maybe with a bit of modulation on it, but it's a lot more active today.

 

[joddle]

Reported elsewhere

21.11.2012

Luxembourg – November 21, 2012 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that the ASTRA 2F satellite has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational and in commercial service at the orbital neighborhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. The 52nd SES satellite was successfully launched board an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, on September 28, 2012.

 

[neilD]

from other site _http://www.astra2d.com/astra2f.html (hope I don't do anything wrong by posting this )


Channels & Frequencies for Astra 2F at 28.2° East (currently Astra 1N) Last updated: November 19, 2012 Listed below, are the channels and frequencies for the Astra 2F satellite. For Astra 2A, Astra 2B and Eutelsat 28A frequencies, please see:
_http://www.flysat.com/28east.php
_http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html
_http://en.kingofsat.net/pos-28.2E.php All frequencies from Astra 1N are expected to be transfered to Astra 2F between 23-26 November, 2012.

MODERATION NOTE - Just remember to unlink URLs to other sites. Live links within this site are OK.

 

[BlindFaith]

This is the same signal I posted about yesterday afternoon, maybe with a bit of modulation on it, but it's a lot more active today.

but it's not the paek I've reprted last night ;)

More reports from 11141H are needed to speculate about the beam ;)

 

[Lazarus]

Reported elsewhere

21.11.2012

Luxembourg – November 21, 2012 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that the ASTRA 2F satellite has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational and in commercial service at the orbital neighborhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. The 52nd SES satellite was successfully launched board an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, on September 28, 2012.

Please see http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/topic/156801-astra-2f-at-28e-at-last/page__st__60#entry822486 et seq.

 

[Lazarus]

@neilD

Yes, 23-26 Nov for the changeover is most likely (some earlier debate about it here) - notwithstanding the seemingly misleading PR from SES themselves!

 

[Captain Jack]

I am guessing it will be next week when the switch over occurs. They should at least do some testing in its current position before the full switch-over, just like 1N did with Ch4.

 

[Huevos]

More reports from 11141H are needed to speculate about the beam ;)

About 3 dB down on the 1N transponders.

 

[Huevos]

Previous switch was Friday night - Saturday morning. 18/02/2012 for ITV and Channel 4, and 25/02/2012 for BBC.

 

[neilD]

About 3 dB down on the 1N transponders.

From your coordinates I assume its not sent on the UK beam

 

[BlindFaith]

About 3 dB down on the 1N transponders.

-6dB here -> PE beam?

 

[smoggy07]

She may well be in commercial service, has anyone checked for Ka band for broadband or other signals? Just because the "UK" guff aint started doesnt mean they`re not beaming anything down outside of the UK or on another band

 

[Huevos]

-6dB here -> PE beam?

Needs to be a stable signal for any chance of use doing any sort of useful level comparison. Right now it is up and down like a yo-yo, so we are all going to be looking at different signal levels due to timing, rather than our locations.

From your coordinates I assume its not sent on the UK beam

Why would you assume that? 1N is a spot beam too (as anyone in Southern or Eastern Europe will confirm), and for us to get it here at similar power to a zone one minidish in the UK we need at least a 1.8m dish.

 

[andrewcrawford]

there seems to be some sort of signal on 11411H i was tryign to test 11141H but mistyped it and i am getting a intermittent signal on that liek last night frequency but 11141H has some sort of signal cant say what

 

[solly]

11141h not recive it

 

[buckshee]

there seems to be some sort of signal on 11411H i was tryign to test 11141H but mistyped it and i am getting a intermittent signal on that liek last night frequency but 11141H has some sort of signal cant say what

This frequency is on 1N which beams "Occasional Feeds, data or inactive frequency"

 

[Analoguesat]

they will most likely carry out the switchover to 2F during the night. I think that's how they did it with 1N too...
although they might as well do it in the afternoon... programmes like Jeremy Kyle are dispensable if something goes wrong :-hammer

Under ideal conditions satellite switches are done overnight - it normally takes a few minutes to drop the carrier on the old bird and re-establish them on the new bird

 

[solly]

[sup]signal up now[/sup]
[sup]10996 near 3.5db [/sup]