Telkom-1 in orbit failure (was 108E)

[hvdh]

Telkom-1, the old C-band satellite at 108.0°E, has antenna problems.
All channels were removed a few days ago: Telkom 1 at 108.0°E - LyngSat
During the coming weeks, services will move to Telkom-2 (157.0°E) or Telkom-3S (118.0°E): Telkom 3S at 118.0°E - LyngSat

PT Telkom scrambles to repoint customer dishes after Telkom-1 antenna problem - Space Intel Report

 

[hvdh]

At 18 years, Telkom-1 exceeded its design life by 3 years, and lost coverage allegedly due to an antenna-pointing error leading to a transponder malfunction, although some commentators have suggested that Telkom-1 has fallen out of orbit. Both PT Telkom and Indonesia’s space agency LAPAN have denied such claims, reassuring the public that the satellite is in the correct position at 108.0°E.
Telkom-1 fails, affecting thousands of ATMs throughout Indonesia | SpaceTech Asia

According yesterday evening's TLE, Telkom-1 was at 107.6°E drifting 0.2° West per day...
Real time satellite tracking for: TELKOM 1

Every day, Lyngsat shows new migrations appearing on Telkom-3S. Nothing listed yet on Telkom 2.

 

[hvdh]

Check this amazing video, at 8 sec. is an explosion on Telkom-1, so I say "End-of-Life"!
It looks like yet another satellite is breaking apart at GEO

 

[Analoguesat]

Thats pretty conclusive evidence that Telkom-1 is finished.

I'll split these last few posts off to their own thread.

 

[Captain Jack]

Oh wow... nice firework!

 

[Analoguesat]

It wont be too long before the derelict Telkom-1 arrives in the very crowded European part of the geostationary arc - shes currently drifting west at about 94E:


Real time satellite tracking for: TELKOM 1