eutelsat 33A move 31E mid may 2014

[solly]

Turkish satellite operator Turksat with his French counterpart, Eutelsat announced an agreement that will allow the May 2014 move the satellite Eutelsat 33A of position 33 ° E to 31 ° E, which will be used by the operator Turksat.

Eutelsat will continue to provide its services at position 33 ° E and by satellite for Eutelsat 33B, which was moved to this position in the previous month. Eutelsat 33B is a former satellite Eutelsat 25C, operated at position 25.5 ° E for the needs of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

Turksat currently operates two satellite at 42 ° E and during the first quarter of 2014 placed at this location Turksat 4A and during the second quarter of next year, Turksat 4B on position 50 ° E.

" We are delighted that our relationship with Turksatem to the next level with the new arrangement at 31 ° E , "said Michel de Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Eutelsat.

 

[hvdh]

Sounds like another Turksat placeholder on 31 East, probably just one transponder showing the great "TURKSAT TANITIM" promo. And with some luck maybe the odd feed.

Eutelsat 33A, the former e-bird/Eurobird 3, is the same spinner-type bus like Astra 2D, and was launched Sep 2003 with 10 years design lifetime...

 

[hvdh]

Eutelsat 33A is on the move and could be at about 31° East tomorrow.

 

[hvdh]

33A now stable at 30.85 East.
(31.0 is already occupied by Hylas 2)
Waiting for the new name... 31A I guess?

 

[Llew]

33A Beacon at ~30.9 (can't do an exact reading, positioner pulse setting too coarse).

Other peak is some spillover from 33E, 11325H.

 

[hvdh]

Name indeed became Eutelsat 31A, location is 30.8° East.
Eutelsat site says inclined orbit, but right now inclination is still small (0.1°).
Spotbeams A, B, C, D:

 

[Analoguesat]

Plenty of power over the UK

Now need to get a dish on 31E!

 

[Lazarus]

Plenty of power over the UK

Now need to get a dish on 31E!

Ahem ........................ MOTOR!!!!

 

[Analoguesat]

nah - wheres the fun in that when Ive got a coupel of dishes doing nothing?

 

[hexah]

Ahem ........................ MOTOR!!!!

Nah.

Dish farms are far superior.

All the broadcasters have them. That says it all. ;)

 

[Analoguesat]

Someone tell Flysat they have Eut 31A in the wrong place in the main satellite grid

 

[hvdh]

For weeks I'm trying Flysat to make corrections in the Sat List, but it's his lowest priority and it's getting quite frustrating.
But I'll send a reminder and tell about the 33A to 31A renaming as well!

 

[hvdh]

That helped, all is updated already!