How to build a satellite - BBC2

[wod]

anyone know if the 3 epsidoes are going to be repeated as i've not seen the first 2 yet so no point in watching this.

 

[Lazarus]

There's only one episode about Satellites .... last week's was about building an F1 car.

 

[wod]

There's only one episode about Satellites .... last week's was about building an F1 car.

how stupid I thought it was a 3 part series on just a satellite build. anyway got the repeat on record later tonight.

 

[Lazarus]

:-idiot

 

[Analoguesat]

Absolutely fascinating - great to see the transmission dish computer modelling & the inside of Jupiter control at Kourou.

 

[woborny]

is it too late to tell them i saw some bad connections on the astra 2f module...?

 

[Lazarus]

I felt sorry for the Stevenage Site Manager - 30 years service and his first launch (postponed until after he'd gone home)

Sickener.

 

[Vipersan]

Absolutely loved it ..
When it first started ....I was bit dismayed to think the programme might actually be a bit patronizing ...
but ..once the technical stuff came to the fore ..it got really interesting ..
I particularly liked the section on footprint shaping as relates to 'dish' surface contouring ..
and I learned something today ..
I didn't realise that such a wide variation in eliptical orbital positioning could occurr forowing the launch..requiring up to 50% fuel expenditure to attain correct orbit ...before shifting around the arc to its final destination.

Was a bit upset that they didn't mention the 100s if not 1000s of amateur satellite addicts that followed 2Fs every move once orbit was attained..

..but then ....why would they ....lol
10 out of 10 Auntie for a thoroughly enthralling hour of TV..
VS

 

[PaulR]

how stupid I thought it was a 3 part series on just a satellite build. anyway got the repeat on record later tonight.

You're not the only one!

Lucky I can get the repeat on HD as well.

 

[Pietclock]

20kg of 99.9% gold, next time Ill pay attention where they crash down ...

 

[Analoguesat]

The bit when they were mating the two sections together was an eye opener - if Ive got a couple of mm gap to play with I hide it with duck tape!

 

[M60]

I'm curious to know exactly how much of the RF cabling and hardware is fully duplicated, you'd expect pretty much all of it?

 

[timo_w2s]

I felt sorry for the Stevenage Site Manager - 30 years service and his first launch (postponed until after he'd gone home)

Me too.

I just watched it and I think I spotted bits from Astra 2F, 2E and I assume it was 1N that went into space (eventually). I guess the average viewer will just think it's all part of one satellite.

Great programme.

 

[A nonymous]

I thought i'd missed it as i spent the night in A&E with my daughter, shes still in there today

Finally got home and afetr reading this thread i decided to fire up the Virgin Media box only to find its there on catch up TV. I'll be watching it this evening with a few pints of Magners

So if you've missed it and you have Virgin Media cable TV you will find it there.

You can also find it on BBC iPlayer (UK Only)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017wy06/How_to_Build..._Series_2_A_Satellite/

Nano

 

[Channel Hopper]

Ijust caught the part where the narrator mentioned that the only satellites viewed in the UK are at 28 degrees elevation. Surely something wrong, or did I mishear it

 

[A nonymous]

He stated 29 degrees !

What a muppet

 

[Captain Jack]

13E is 29 degrees elevation in the south

 

[Channel Hopper]

Regardless of the figure stated, the whole sentence is rubbish, somewhat detracting from the programme as a whole.

19 minutes into the programme - 'All dishes in the UK are pointing to a satellite at 29 degrees above the horizon'. :-Nooo O-no

 

[timo_w2s]

I thought i'd missed it as i spent the night in A&E with my daughter, shes still in there today

Hope your daughter gets better soon!

Regardless of the figure stated, the whole sentence is rubbish, somewhat detracting from the programme as a whole.

Yes, I was a bit puzzled about that too...

 

[M60]

Regardless of the figure stated, the whole sentence is rubbish, somewhat detracting from the programme as a whole.

19 minutes into the programme - 'All dishes in the UK are pointing to a satellite at 29 degrees above the horizon'. :-Nooo O-no

Perhaps it's the fact the younger generation just don't understand decimal points, particularly in relation to degrees!!!

I'd have hoped, considering the OU were involved with this programme, that they'd have got it spot-on!!