Live Launch Intelsat 23 53 W

[solly]

_http://intelsat23.imgondemand.com

next 3 hour launch intelsat 23 to be 53w

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Lets hope it goes alright for them this time.

 

[strs65]

Live also at 11072,H,4932 3/4 DVB-S2/8PSK from Eutelsat 10A (10°Ε).

 

[Piltdownpaul]

So far so good!!!

 

[solly]

will be see next 9 hour enter the orbit

 

[hvdh]

Going first to 51.5 West for in-orbit testing.

"On October 11, 2012, the Satellite Division granted, with conditions, special temporary authority to Intelsat License LLC, for a period of 30 days, to continue to conduct in-orbit testing of the Intelsat 23 space station at the 51.5° W.L. orbital location in the 3700 - 4200 MHz (space-to-Earth), 5925 - 6425 MHz (Earth-to-space), 11.45 - 11.70 GHz (space-to-Earth), 11.7 - 12.2 GHz (space-to-Earth), and 14.0 - 14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space) frequency bands.
Additionally, Intelsat is granted authority to conduct telemetry, tracking, and command operations necessary to maintain Intelsat 23 at 51.5° W.L. and to drift Intelsat 23 from 51.5° W.L. to its authorized location at 53.0° W.L. using center frequencies of 6173.7 MHz and 6176.3 MHz (Earth-to-space) and 3947.5/3948 MHz or 3952/3952.5 MHz (space-to-Earth)."

_http://licensing.fcc.gov/ibfsweb/ib.page.FetchPN?report_key=970853

 

[solly]

same of transponder can be testing europe beam
very interesting 51.5w
thanks for link

 

[strs65]

Unfortunately I will not be able either to watch the tests or the satellite in its final orbit. My system goes max at 45 west (anyway, 53W is quite low in the horizon here).

 

[solly]

also here max 34.5w cant be tested

 

[strs65]

I uploaded a ~5 minutes video of the launch at ΥouTube....

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITuKB1oJtJA

 

[Costactc]

Here's hoping that there will plenty of spotbeams for my neck of the woods.