Astra 2F Testing Reception Reports

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12402v pe beam strong signal
 

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ralphmagno said:
i heard that this satellite has not made it to its final possion.it is moving at 1.5 degrees per day. that's 622 miles per 24 hour.
it should be up for tests and power by or about 15 nov 2012.
lynsat does not even conver anything on 2f as of yet.
Ralph
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space is 100% metric .. :-biglaugh
 
11711h strong pe beam
 

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A lot of activity on or around 11643H and 11713H. Half an hour time lapse.
 

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Has anyone any idea when 2f will be moved to its intended position?? - AFAICS thats the only time any real testing wil be of any value to most people!!
 
11643V +16dB
11826V +26dB
 
Huevos said:
12587V +3dB
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I've been looking back through old signal reports and the following looks interesting:

Huevos, Alicante, 29 Oct, 7:13am, 11866V, +26dB, #527
Huevos, Alicante, 29 Oct, 8:53am, 11643V, +24dB, #528
Huevos, Alicante, 29 Oct, 8:53am, 12587V, +3dB, #529

The signal started off strong then went weak.

I find it hard to believe they switched from high to low power so are we looking at a switch from PE to UK beam?

If #529 was a UK beam then how is it likely to change when 2F goes to 28E?

It would be nice to have some reports from Poland at the same time and frequencies as Spain to see if the beam is 15deg east. Anyone in that part of the world reading this?

Terry
 
joddle said:
Has anyone any idea when 2f will be moved to its intended position?? - AFAICS thats the only time any real testing wil be of any value to most people!!
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If we had some reports from Poland at the same time as Italy or Greece we could confirm if 2F is working 15deg east and we could predict from the results from Italy or Greece what will happen when it moves to 28E.

Based on what I've seen so far I expect 2F to be very similar to 1N for fringe reception.

Terry
 
park_gate said:
If #529 was a UK beam then how is it likely to change when 2F goes to 28E?
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What makes you think that is the spot beam? I think you should look at the tests at 11035H. These were also done on 1N and they were the spot beam.
 
park_gate said:
I find it hard to believe they switched from high to low power so are we looking at a switch from PE to UK beam?
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If you watch these signals in real time you would see they are up and down like a yoyo. And I mean literally as fast as a yoyo. The difference between my reports and the others is that mine are time lapse so only show the strongest signal any transponder has sent during the entire test period. The rest of the report are just a sweep of the band and just show what was active for a split second, and the power level at that time.
 
solly said:
TENERIFE-TV@
it start from from 43.5e to 28.2e from 15-20 november
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´´The new spacecraft will be brought into commercial service in the next few weeks following the completion of the extensive in-orbit testing programme.´´ SES 1/10 PRESS RELEASE

i find it very hard to think they will spend ANOTHER TWO or THREE weeks testing .... O-no at 43e
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TENERIFE-TV said:
i find it very hard to think they will spend ANOTHER TWO or THREE weeks testing .... O-no at 43e
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1N started testing at 2ºE on the 19 August, and had it first transponder switched on at 28ºE on the 22 October.
 
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