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This satellite is intended to replace the current Telstar 12 satellite at 15 degrees west, and due to be launched later this year (firm date pending)
From a press release in 2013...
https://www.telesat.com/news-events...ite-replace-telstar-12-and-expand-capacity-15
Telesat's info on this satellite is available at https://www.telesat.com/our-fleet#telstar-12v
Looking at the planned footprints, one interesting beam is a "North Sea" Ku beam that is high powered covering the UK, Ireland and much of Scandinavia within a 56dbW contour. There are also several other high-powered Ku band spot beams targeting different areas stretching down from the western Mediterranean towards the Middle East.
Thinking out loud here, with Intelsat 907 about to reach its end-of-life soon at 27.5 west, could the Freeview "Satback" backup from there move to 15 west some time next year on the North Sea beam, assuming Telstar 12V successfully launches?
From a press release in 2013...
OTTAWA, CANADA, September 9, 2013 – Telesat, a leading global satellite operator, has procured a powerful, multi-mission satellite from Astrium that will replace Telesat’s Telstar 12 satellite at 15 degrees West while significantly expanding coverage of growing markets in South America, the Atlantic and EMEA region. The new state-of-the-art satellite, called Telstar 12 VANTAGE, will utilize a combination of broad regional beams and more focused high throughput spot beams to increase capacity and offer superior performance for broadband networks on the ground, in the air and at sea. By using Ku-band across all coverage beams, Telstar 12 VANTAGE will be fully backwards compatible with existing Ku-band terminal equipment.
https://www.telesat.com/news-events...ite-replace-telstar-12-and-expand-capacity-15
Telesat's info on this satellite is available at https://www.telesat.com/our-fleet#telstar-12v
Looking at the planned footprints, one interesting beam is a "North Sea" Ku beam that is high powered covering the UK, Ireland and much of Scandinavia within a 56dbW contour. There are also several other high-powered Ku band spot beams targeting different areas stretching down from the western Mediterranean towards the Middle East.
Thinking out loud here, with Intelsat 907 about to reach its end-of-life soon at 27.5 west, could the Freeview "Satback" backup from there move to 15 west some time next year on the North Sea beam, assuming Telstar 12V successfully launches?