Hispasat 30W-6

If you want to have a look for it, here are the predicted passes for London
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Upcoming passes for HISPASAT 30W-6
Observer: Home,
LAT:London
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 AOS                  TCA                  LOS                  Duration  Max El  AOS Az  LOS Az
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 2018/03/08 17:30:38  2018/03/08 21:54:01  2018/03/08 22:23:17  04:52:39   44.78  207.13  107.45
 2018/03/09 13:22:30  2018/03/09 16:26:51  2018/03/09 17:28:18  04:05:47   19.22  133.83   83.06
 2018/03/09 20:04:14  2018/03/09 23:57:08  2018/03/10 00:23:01  04:18:46   38.23  232.26  128.86
 2018/03/10 14:40:24  2018/03/10 18:37:23  2018/03/10 19:36:38  04:56:13   36.13  172.30   90.29
 2018/03/11 00:15:00  2018/03/11 02:08:26  2018/03/11 02:21:02  02:06:02   23.87  266.41  162.30
 2018/03/11 16:40:02  2018/03/11 20:54:22  2018/03/11 21:39:15  04:59:13   45.11  200.69  103.10

The epoch time for the above is 03:54 2018/3/8

Real time: Real time satellite tracking for: HISPASAT 30W-6
 
Plots of the beacons as it crossed the Clarke belt. Doppler at the time made frequencies seem a few kHz high.
The actual position was close to the predictions.

Hispasat_30W-6_1923_11448a.webpHispasat_30W-6_1925_10701a.webpHispasat_30W-6_8-3-18_1926.webp
 
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Here's another whist it was much closer at around 7100km. Much stronger, possibly receivable on a LNB only (no dish). Note: scales changed from previous plots.
Hispasat_30W-6_2209_TCA_10701a.webp2018-03-08_2209_30W-6_Hisp.webp
 
Hispasat 30W-6 should be at the 26.0°W in-orbit test location now.
 
This is why I like it here, proper technical discussion!
Never thought i'd meet a group of people as sad as me.:-rofl2
 
Analoguesat said:
Not if its stopped & the tle's havent been updated yet!
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Celestrak TLE epoch is 16/3 14:01 so a couple of days old and puts it at 30W. The beacons peak a bit to the east of 27.5W so it is probably at 26W.
 
HISPASAT 30W-6
Real time satellite tracking for: HISPASAT 30W-6

NORAD ID:
43228
LOCAL TIME:
20:12:41
UTC:
20:12:41
LATITUDE:
-0.04
LONGITUDE:
-25.99
ALTITUDE [km]:
35789.88
ALTITUDE [mi]:
22238.8
SPEED [km/s]:
3.07
SPEED [mi/s]:
1.91
AZIMUTH:208.9 SSWELEVATION:
+26.8
RIGHT ASCENSION:
06h 11m 43s
DECLINATION:
-08° 24' 49''
Local Sidereal Time:
07h 55m 55s
The satellite is in day light
SATELLITE PERIOD:
1437m
 
Any sign of anything from 30W-6 yet? I wonder when it’ll move across and replace 30W-4.
 
Adam792 said:
Any sign of anything from 30W-6 yet? I wonder when it’ll move across and replace 30W-4.
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Current tracking suggest not.

HISPASAT 30W-6


NORAD ID:
43228
LOCAL TIME:
23:39:22
UTC:
22:39:22
LATITUDE:
-0.01
LONGITUDE:
-25.97
ALTITUDE [km]:
35782.44
ALTITUDE [mi]:
22234.18
SPEED [km/s]:
3.07
SPEED [mi/s]:
1.91
AZIMUTH:208.9 SSWELEVATION:
+26.8
RIGHT ASCENSION:
11h 12m 35s
DECLINATION:
-08° 17' 07''
Local Sidereal Time:
12h 56m 44s
The satellite is in day light
SATELLITE PERIOD:
 
26W
I think that this is its Ka beacon on 20199MHz Circular

26w_hispasat_30-w6_20199circ.webp
 
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Finally Hispasat 30W-6 left IOT location 26.0°W, and will arrive at 30.0°W in a few days.
 
Yesterday's TLE confirms Hispasat 30W-6 arrived at 30.0°W.
 
Apparently most stuff has moved over from 30W-4 to 30W-6 now according to Flysat.

I'm noticing about 0.5dB less signal on the TDT Sat transponders (12548V, 12631V, 12671V etc) than usual. This might be that my dish has moved a little bit though.

Have the official footprints turned up anywhere yet?
 
The three aforementioned are now quite stronger at my location, coming at 16db. The rest have not moved (yet), Flysat is wrong!
 
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