ses16 21.5e

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new satellite will be ka band on 21.5e
plan launch December 2017
 

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next 4 days launch
 

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SpaceX static fire flight-proven booster for SES-16/GovSat1
 

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GovSat-1
Falcon 9 v1.2
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4:23 PM EST / 2018-01-30 21:23:00Z
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2 hours, 14 minutes
 

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Scrubbed for today because of gusty winds, maybe tomorrow 21:25 UTC.
 

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Fantastic launch of SES16/Govsat1.

The Americans really do the onboard camera very well. Its fabulous seeing pics of stage 1 separation and fairing jettison. :)

Just a shame they arent recovering stage 1 this flight.
 

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This is interesting - from Gunters space page on SES16

SES-16/GovSat 1 will feature a special port, which allows a hosted payload to dock with it in orbit. The port will be the support structure for an unidentified hosted payload to be launched on a future SES satellite and then released in the vicinity of SES-16. The 200 kg, 500-watt payload then will travel to SES-16 and attach itself.
 

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launch ses 16
 

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The multi-mission satellite offers X-band and Military Ka-band capacity, up to six high-powered fully steerable spot beams and an advanced Global X-band beam. Equipped with anti-jamming features, encrypted telemetry and control, GovSat-1 will provide enhanced resilience capabilities operated out of secured ground control facilities.
GovSat-1 will be positioned at 21.5 degrees East in the Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) 36,000 kilometers above the equator. It will support communications within Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and enable operations over the Atlantic and Indian oceans, as well as over the Mediterranean and Baltic seas.

GovSat-1 was built by Orbital ATK, and is offering 68 transponder-equivalent units of 36 MHz. It is designed to operate for 15 years, and has a launch mass of over four metric tons.
 

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I haven't found any TLE for it yet but SES-16/Govsat 1 is NORAD 43178, int designator 2018-13A with the Falcon 9 booster NORAD 43179, 2018-13B
 

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Thanks to a tip from @hvdh about a post on uhf-satcom's Twitter feed, I think I've found it. It's a bit to the west of Skynet 5B 25.1E. The 1.2m dish used makes it hard to work out its exact position.

Beacon on 7748.5MHz LHCP
ses-16_govsat-1_maybe.gif
 

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satellite now 21.4 e
 

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GovSat-1 Satellite Goes Operational

Luxembourg, 19 March 2018 – GovSat-1 enters operational service today, to provide secure communications to governmental and institutional users. GovSat-1 is the first satellite of GovSat.
 
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