Intelsat 904 at 45° E (relocation)

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Intelsat 904 planned for relocation to 45E orbital position where it is planned to replace Intelsat 12 that is expected to be deorbited at the end of 2017
 

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I-904 is only 2 years younger than I-12, so must be a temporary assignment until Azerspace 2 goes into service
 

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Current Intelsat 904 footprints @ 60 east

FlySat Intelsat 904 @ 60° East Beams

Possible C band activity from 45 east ?

Intelsat 12 current European footprint below:-

IS-12@45E-EKV.jpg

Southern Spain & Portugal will loose 45 east with a 100cm dish on the change over to Intelsat 904.
 
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I-904 is only 2 years younger than I-12, so must be a temporary assignment until Azerspace 2 goes into service

Intelsat 38 (Azerspace-2) has been scheduled for launching at the end of 2017 (or beginning of 2018)
 

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Intelsat-904 is probably at 45 east now to replace Intelsat 12 (incl. 0.2°) 45.0°E

INTELSAT 904

NORAD ID:
27380
LOCAL TIME:
09:14:34
UTC:
09:14:34
LATITUDE:
-0.05
LONGITUDE:
43.55
ALTITUDE [km]:
35834.76
ALTITUDE [mi]:
22266.69
SPEED [km/s]:
3.07
SPEED [mi/s]:
1.91
AZIMUTH: 129.7 SE
ELEVATION:
+18.5
RIGHT ASCENSION:
00h 20m 01s
DECLINATION:
-08° 21' 01''
Local Sidereal Time:
21h 11m 26s
The satellite is in day light
SATELLITE PERIOD:
1439m

TLE will be corrected soon currently running on auto predicted so not the actual position Real time satellite tracking for: INTELSAT 904
 

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Active part of the Ku band for Intelsat 904 as mentioned in post #1

10950 to 11700 H & V,

As AzerSpace 1@ 46° East uses 10950 to 11200 so expect new transponders in the 11200 to 11700 part of the Ku band a frequency share plan may be used.
 
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Anyone know if Prima TV and Kiss TV have moved to Intelsat 904 on 12560V 5787 ? Flysat says not moved. Signal not as good as it was. Intelsat 12 is inclined though...
 

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Still good signals here from 12560 V 5787 Prima & Kiss on Intelsat 12 (incl. 0.4°) with a 88cm dish 97% Signal Quality.
 

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Signal yesterday was down to 85%Signal quality. Back now to 97% Signal Quality. Would these variations be down to the satellite being slightly inclined?
 

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Signal yesterday was down to 85%Signal quality. Back now to 97% Signal Quality. Would these variations be down to the satellite being slightly inclined?
Yes, likely. Yesterday evening when you reported bad quality, IS-12 was more than 0.3° above the belt, and now below.
This may also indicate your dish is pointing a tad too low.
 

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Yes, software bug - the previous selected channel.
 

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Yesterday, 14th June 2017, Prima Tv and Kiss TV channels has ceased transmission on Intelsat IS12.
 

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Intelsat filed its annual Form 20-F yesterday (an annual report over 2017), including the estimated end of service life of their satellites.
There are changes for the three satellites at 45°E:
Galaxy 11 and Intelsat 904 should last until Q4 2018.
The inclined Intelsat 12 should last until Q3 2019. Remarkable, because in the 2016 report it was until Q4 2017.
 

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Intelsat 12 (incl. 1.7°) has left 45.1°E, and will arrive at 64.25°E in March.

So now at 45°E, we still have Intelsat 904 (incl. 0.3°) at 45.1°E, and Galaxy 11 at 44.9°E.
 

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