astra 2f become launch arianespace v209

[mapperuo]

@woborny: Ouch!

@solly: Shame they are ruining the commentary from that nice Frenchman by talking over him with an English translation.

English is on left, French on right (Or other way around, Can't remember, change from stereo and problem solved.)

 

[woborny]

up up and away

 

[Analoguesat]

Ah another beautiful Ariane 5 launch. Clear skies allowed booster flameout, booster separation & fairing jettison all to be clearly seen

 

[solly]

Fairing sep.

 

[solly]

it say ses astra 2f heavy satellite

 

[Analoguesat]

Astra 2F is the heaviest SES bird launched by Arianespace - 6 tonnes.

 

[Analoguesat]

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[solly]

sure need to be fun
minimum altitude: 149,7 km

 

[Dan Dan]

halliwell from SES said in the promo during launch ´that ASTRA2F will replace the 4 satellites currently at 28e
so thats 2A,2B,1N,2D .....and 2C coming home for backup


said ´´satellite control transfer in just over two weeks´´

 

[StaticMan]

halliwell from SES said in the promo during launch ´that ASTRA2F will replace the 4 satellites currently at 28e´

Yes along with 2E and 2G!

 

[Analoguesat]

2F cant take over all the frequencies on its own, she has insufficient capacity. ISTR two birds are needed for full replacement capacity

 

[solly]

astra 2f arive few secend to final location
Astra 2F separated from the Sylda/ESC-A stage at 2145 UTC

 

[Dan Dan]

Yes along with 2E and 2G!

he might have misspoke but i think that a lot more channels are going to be transferred then we first thought

 

[Dan Dan]

2F cant take over all the frequencies on its own, she has insufficient capacity. ISTR two birds are needed for full replacement capacity

hows the sums with 2F and 2C ??

 

[solly]

Sylda 5 (the dual payload adapter) separated
Total mass to GTO: 10,200kg. I'm pretty sure that's more than just an Ariane-5 record; probably only classified NRO payloads have been heavier to geostationary transfer

 

[Analoguesat]

hows the sums with 2F and 2C ??

Not enough I think - 2C has 32 (reducing to 28 at eol) transponders.

 

[Pietclock]

so 2 weeks to go until testing. Lets see what will be left for us here when this new spot will come into action.

 

[M60]

Cracking launch tonight, been out but recorded and just finished watching it all. We'll await to see it's testing orbit.

 

[Dan Dan]

so how long have then SAID till it is operational ... i got that ´´´just over two week´´ from the SES bloke ???

 

[Analoguesat]

They didnt say last night. It will be declared operational when the tech boys decide shes ready to go having passed all the shakedown tests.

Normally its 6-8 weeks after launch, although Eutel Ka sat was nearer 6 months due to the complexity of the payload.

Realistically we are looking at mid-late November