Eutelsat 5 West B

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EUTELSAT 5 WEST B



NORAD ID:44624
LOCAL TIME:08:26:00
UTC:07:26:00
LATITUDE:-0.03
LONGITUDE:2.20
ALTITUDE [km]:35864.55
ALTITUDE [mi]:22285.2
SPEED [km/s]:3.07
SPEED [mi/s]:1.91
AZIMUTH:177.0 S
ELEVATION:+31
RIGHT ASCENSION:09h 44m 25s
DECLINATION:-08° 20' 22''
Local Sidereal Time:09h 35m 10s
The satellite is in day light​
SATELLITE PERIOD:1440m
 
It looks big problem if two panel solar not working maybe 5a continue normal work
 
solly said:
It looks big problem if two panel solar not working maybe 5a continue normal work
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Eutelsat 5 West A is very low on fuel,
Eutelsat 5 West a 5°West europe, americas, africa 35 Ku/10 C 35 Ku/14 C July 2002 end of geostationary life Q4 2019.
 
Oh blimey. There not much to go wrong with solar panels so any "incident" is serious

I can think of:

physical damage by space debris

short circuit on the electrical bus

motor damage so the panels cant be optimised for solar illumination
 
Sounds like potential bad news for Eutelsat, if one half of the solar panels on the planned 5WB can't be used, then it's highly unlikely it'll be capable of taking over 5WA as intended, with 5WB at best being a backup for something else as Eutelsat figure out what could fill the void of 5WA going out of DTH service and getting a replacement for 5WB sorted (presumably named 5WC).

OTOH, it's a possible temporary reprieve for those whom were outside the intended "Transalpine" footprint.
 
Analoguesat said:
Oh blimey. There not much to go wrong with solar panels so any "incident" is serious

I can think of:

physical damage by space debris

short circuit on the electrical bus

motor damage so the panels cant be optimised for solar illumination
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You forgot the most important factor
The curses of everyone outside the predicted footprint in fear of losing the FTA multistreams!!! :p
 
Before you all get excited about replacements and what not remember its quite possible that 5WB could go into service with half its tp load operational should one solar panel be damaged beyond use. Its only one panel that is causing concern so half the power supply is still working.
 
weel let see start testing signal and see how much power center beam and expert out beam
 
Still no up to date TLE for confirmation.
But possibly, both Eutelsat 5 West B and Eutelsat 7C are now near 1.6°E for testing, very confusing!
 
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