thor 7 launch 16 april 2015

[satesco]

Testing continues at this hour,again 11728 V

 

[tempo]

Three hours ago I had strong carriers again

 

[satesco]

Hi tempo,
I don't know when you caught signal into subband,because in my area I've not seen on the spectrum yet.I wonder why?What's the spot used for 10700-10950 MHz?

 

[tempo]

Hi satesco,
Sorry, 10750 MHz is wrong peak from close placed circular LNB of another dish (LOF=10750 MHz). I prefer to scan panorame spectrum (full band), so I always have fake peak 10750 MHz on the spectrum.
In previous post I meant strong carriers inside DTH subband 11700-12500 MHz.

 

[satesco]

12475 H

 

[tempo]

Test carrier 12448V is active last hours

 

[solly]

thor 7 5.4 west move east now

 

[Captain Jack]

When is it likely to start regular transmissions? Will be interesting to see what channels disappear...

 

[timo_w2s]

Will be interesting to see what channels disappear...

Argh, don't say that...

 

[Captain Jack]

I am not too worried. After Thor 1 disappeared, it has been relatively easy to receive 1W here....

 

[solly]

thor 7 3.6w

 

[solly]

thor 7 1.9w

 

[solly]

tomorow thor 7 at home
any know start switch tp from thor 5 and 6 to thor 7 ?

 

[solly]

thor 7 0.40 w

 

[Marcus_21]

Last night the Thor 7 has reached the final position of 0.8°W and lit the beacon at 11706 R

 

[hvdh]

Yes, in this afternoon's TLE the movement has stopped completely.
Though a bit early to be sure, it appears the location for Thor 7 has become 0.65°W.

For comparison, Thor 5 is at 0.75°W and Thor 6 is at 0.85°W.

 

[Captain Jack]

Why the minor difference in locations? Same with Nilesat/Eutelsat 7/7.3w, Astral 4A/SES-5 and of course the UK spot.

I know it doesn't matter to those in the middle of footprints but it does to those who need big dishes to receive these signals.

 

[hvdh]

Why the minor difference in locations? Same with Nilesat/Eutelsat 7/7.3w, Astral 4A/SES-5 and of course the UK spot.

That allows uplinking to neighbouring satellites separately, if their uplink frequency bands happen to be the same.
But maybe there are more reasons.

 

[Llew]

Thor 7 12494.5V/R and 12495.5V/R beacons ( centre, right of Thor 6 ESS mux).

Weak at my location.

 

[solly]

thor 7 0.70w very soon will be 0.8w