astra 1p 19.2e

Is there anything receivable on Astra 1 KR spot 1? It shows a very limited beam just over Germany....
 
rafiki__ said:
SatBeams have made their own Map and have uploaded it on their website.
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There is no need to calculate anymore, just point the mouse at where you live so it can tell the size.
 
rodscha said:
Is there anything receivable on Astra 1 KR spot 1? It shows a very limited beam just over Germany....
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I don't think it's been used for a long time. It used to have some Polish channels on that spot beam. The signal levels in Helsinki where pretty decent.
 
Pending any other transponder movements, I am inserting image files of the current transponder layout on the Astra_1 fleet.
Astra_1_Txp_06-02-2025.webp

We should also add the transponders, which are used for sporadic feeds. They are the most difficult to identify, because they often remain active for a short time, and are often inactive during checks.
The ones I have managed to identify recently are these:
Txp-9 1L
Txp-14 1P
Txp-16 1L
Txp-24 1M
Txp-28 1N
 
Thank you Solly! so,only a few Polish stations? and more Polish on Hotbird anyway...
I'd have thought about local German tv channels...
 
rodscha said:
Thank you Solly! so,only a few Polish stations? and more Polish on Hotbird anyway...
I'd have thought about local German tv channels...
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The spot was centred over Poland, so it was not ideal for German channels. I'm sure someone else remembers better than me, but I think the spot beam was switched off after most of the Polish channels went to Hotbird.

I suspect we'll see more spot beams at 19.2E once Astra 1Q is launched. Actually, at the risk of getting too off-topic, I wonder if we'll see a UK spot from 1Q one day to serve the remote areas of the UK after the Astra 2 satellites are gone.
 
Tururu said:
But the age of the satellites and what they can emit (band), I think the cards are clear.
Mas la edad de los satélites y que pueden emitir (banda), pienso que las cartas están a la vista.

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Good job .. regarding this chart 1p has also high band but so far no tp transferred to 1p hi-band ?
 
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timo_w2s said:
The spot was centred over Poland, so it was not ideal for German channels. I'm sure someone else remembers better than me, but I think the spot beam was switched off after most of the Polish channels went to Hotbird.
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They wanted to do something similar that the brits have currently, a beam only covering Poland and its countries around them, offering the people of Poland to watch TV without any encryption. Later the goverment discovered that it does not work properly and decided to lock their channels and later leave 1KR and switch to Hotbird. I know that it was recieved in Western Austria with a 80cm and even smaller dishes in Germany. It had so much overspill from the beam that it was possible to receive in Bosnia with a 150cm dish (and possibly smaller).

Beam Range for TVP - SatKurier.pl
TVP leaves Spot Beam on Astra 1KR? - SatKurier.pl
 
rafiki__ said:
They wanted to do something similar that the brits have currently, a beam only covering Poland and its countries around them, offering the people of Poland to watch TV without any encryption. Later the goverment discovered that it does not work properly and decided to lock their channels and later leave 1KR and switch to Hotbird. I know that it was recieved in Western Austria with a 80cm and even smaller dishes in Germany. It had so much overspill from the beam that it was possible to receive in Bosnia with a 150cm dish (and possibly smaller).

Beam Range for TVP - SatKurier.pl
TVP leaves Spot Beam on Astra 1KR? - SatKurier.pl
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Oh yes, thank you. I remember that saga now.

With 1Q I suspect they will be able to get tighter beams and of course with frequency reuse that could easily block reception in other areas so it'll be interesting to see if someone else tries it for FTA broadcasts in parts of Europe.
 
At 3:45 UTC, Txp-7 had an outage and at 4:15 UTC, it also occurred on Txp-2.
From the check this morning around 6 UTC, I see both on Astra 1P.

Txp-2 11229 V 1L --> 1P
Txp-7 11303 H 1L --> 1P

19.2E_h7_Horizontal.webp 19.2E_h7_Vertical.webp
 
timo_w2s said:
Oh yes, thank you. I remember that saga now.

With 1Q I suspect they will be able to get tighter beams and of course with frequency reuse that could easily block reception in other areas so it'll be interesting to see if someone else tries it for FTA broadcasts in parts of Europe.
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I don't think 1q will be short beam it same model like 1p only add ka band mobil phone service
 
timo_w2s said:
I suspect we'll see more spot beams at 19.2E once Astra 1Q is launched. Actually, at the risk of getting too off-topic, I wonder if we'll see a UK spot from 1Q one day to serve the remote areas of the UK after the Astra 2 satellites are gone.
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interesting idea, but i suspect it's more likely they'll try to keep the last remaining 28.2 satellite going as long as possible with a bare bones service. After that Starlink / LEO solutions will fill in for the most remote homes
 
Pride Of Cucamonga said:
interesting idea, but i suspect it's more likely they'll try to keep the last remaining 28.2 satellite going as long as possible with a bare bones service. After that Starlink / LEO solutions will fill in for the most remote homes
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1q plan to be 28.2e ? From astra 1 need more transponder to move from 1m 1N next two year
 
solly said:
I don't think 1q will be short beam it same model like 1p only add ka band mobil phone service
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I thought that 1Q will be fully configurable while in orbit for both wide beam and spot beams in KU band too.

Pride Of Cucamonga said:
interesting idea, but i suspect it's more likely they'll try to keep the last remaining 28.2 satellite going as long as possible with a bare bones service. After that Starlink / LEO solutions will fill in for the most remote homes
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Yes, I think you are probably right. With Sky and Freesat planning to close down their satellite services around 2029/2030 we've still got a few years left. However, I would rather lose access to British channels than pay anything to Musk...
 
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