upcoming launch ses to 5e

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the next astra satellite will be ses5 will be 5e
the questen ses5 switch same transpponder from astra 4a to ses 5
nordic beam and african beam ?
satellite will be delivery to baikunor
date of launch 19 june
 
Thought it was 21st June? Will be interesting to see what it does to current signal levels from the Nordic beam. Hope it doesn't go back to Sirius 2/3 levels from a few years ago 'O'
 
Yes, will be interesting to see how the new satellite performs. I assume it's main function is to give additional capacity to 5E rather than replace the existing satellite?
 
it replace old astra 1e
maybe same transponder of viasat nordic beam switch to ses5
and africa beam also move to ses 5
 
solly said:
nordic beam and african beam ?
satellite will be delivery to baikunor
date of launch 19 june
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-http://www.satbeams.com/satellites?id=2488
-http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/05/21/ses-5-satellite-arrives-at-baikonur/


Captain Jack said:
Thought it was 21st June?
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-http://www.satlaunch.net/2012/05/ses-5astra-4b-launch-slips-to-late-june.html
 
solly said:
it replace old astra 1e
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Oh yes, I'd forgotten about 1E. It doesn't seem to be doing much any more.

So is it now officially SES-5 and not Astra 4B for Europe? Why the change?

I also haven't seen any mention of a Europe wide beam like on Astra 4A but it seems unlike Astra not to have redundancy.
 
well i hope to god there footprint will be wider than the current one, mick in ireland, to be honest i bought a cm1.8 and thought this was it i will get the nordic beam but now i just think there an overrated and highly expensive dish and im not getting anything more than i was, so the triax 1.1m is still a great by, me thinks!
 
the ses5 maybe take transpoonder from astra 4b to ses
interesting to know what will be on ses 5 as soon
 
next hour will be launch ses 5
11627v sr-22000 fec 5/6 dvbs2 8psk on 19.2e
 
cant seem to find anything on lyngsat is it the same as astra 4a or is it an suplement and just .2 degrees aparts this possible to receive on astra 4a orbit also which is on or is it going to take a while and how long before it is operationg. lunch went well last night
 
verwegsateliet said:
cant seem to find anything on lyngsat is it the same as astra 4a or is it an suplement and just .2 degrees aparts this possible to receive on astra 4a orbit also which is on or is it going to take a while and how long before it is operationg. lunch went well last night
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Some good details here:
_http://www.ses.com/4628551/ses-5

It looks like it's main focus will be Sub Saharan Africa with up to 24 KU band transponders and up to 12 transponders for the Nordic region of Europe plus 28 C band transponders. Astra 4A on the other hand has 46 transponders KU band for the Nordic area and just 6 for Africa and no C band. You'll be able to get both satellites with one dish. 5°E could become an interesting hotspot for southern Africa.
 
A spectrum analyser will show an unmodulated carrier. I use my TBS6925 PC card and Crazyscan. Might try for this one, a little out of the ku footprint thougfh.
 
If the Nordic beam strength is similar to that of Astra 4A, then you should be able to see it.
 
Strong carrier here in Mid East Anglia.
 
on ny20 track side looks its not moving 54 .4 ne any idea how long is it going to take
 
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