Eutelsat 36a moving

solly · Feb 28, 2016

now 39.5e

puteez · Feb 28, 2016

and where he swims ?

Analoguesat · Feb 28, 2016

We dont know at the moment

hvdh · Apr 1, 2016

Was moving 1.0° per day, with this morning's TLE at 70.3°E slowed down to 0.5° per day.
Maybe 36A will co-locate with 70B.

Marcus_21 · Apr 4, 2016

It seems stopped to about 70,5°E

hvdh · Aug 9, 2016

After staying over 3 months at 70.5°E, Eutelsat 36A has drifted to 88.5°E (inclined 0.4°).
Probably a future Eutelsat slot, it's registered at ITU.

Analoguesat · Aug 9, 2016

hvdh said:
After staying over 3 months at 70.5°E,

3 months - "activating" a new frequency band or slot reservation of some sort no doubt And the same for 88.5E

hvdh · Feb 10, 2017

Eutelsat 36A/70C (inclination 0.8°) has moved from 88.5°E to 80.5°E, starting another slot reservation.

Captain Jack · Feb 10, 2017

They all seem to have found a use for these derelicts. A bit like Mr Bean keeping his place first in line on Boxing Day sales...

moonbase · Feb 10, 2017

hvdh said:
Eutelsat 36A/70C (inclination 0.8°) has moved from 88.5°E to 80.5°E, starting another slot reservation.

Probably a few more years use left in it, inclination of 0.8° is easily in scope for broadcasters. In terms of degrees per hour it does not move too fast in the inclined orbit (0.2° per hour across arc centre), very easy to track.

Rgds

hvdh · May 25, 2017

Slot reservation (over 3 months) at 80.5°E has ended, drifting West now.
End-of-Life 2017 Q3 according to Eutelsat, maybe one more slot reservation coming up?

hvdh · Sep 19, 2017

With today's TLE, Eutelsat W4/36A/70C/80A seems to have stopped at 12.7°W, inclination 1.2° meanwhile.
Probably just as in-orbit spare, next to Eutelsat 12 West B at 12.5°W.

Captain Jack · Sep 19, 2017

Wonder if it's going to transmit anything in circular polarisation...

william-1 · Sep 19, 2017

Maybe another one for feed hunting.
Real time satellite tracking for: EUTE 36A (EUTE W4)

s-band · Sep 19, 2017

The TT&C beacon on 11706.85H is quite strong (carrier 22dB S/N in 1kHz). 1.5m dish, peaked on 12.5W, needed to be tweaked a bit to the west to optimise it.

s-band · Sep 19, 2017

12.5W (11704H) on left, 12.7W (11706.85H) on the right. The line at the cursor is a spurious. Captured when at 0.69N, dish peaked on 12.7W. DRO LNB, LO at 10600ish.

hvdh · Jul 20, 2018

hvdh said:
With today's TLE, Eutelsat W4/36A/70C/80A seems to have stopped at 12.7°W, inclination 1.2° meanwhile.

This old satellite has left 12.7°W, moving 0.9°E/day, now near 4°W.

william-1 · Jul 20, 2018

https://www.n2yo.com/?s=26369
EUTE 36A (EUTE W4)

NORAD ID:
26369
LOCAL TIME:
09:22:58
UTC:
08:22:58
LATITUDE:
-0.78
LONGITUDE:
-3.82
ALTITUDE [km]:
35687.97
ALTITUDE [mi]:
22175.48
SPEED [km/s]:
3.08
SPEED [mi/s]:
1.91
AZIMUTH:184.7 SELEVATION:
+30.1
RIGHT ASCENSION:
03h 57m 31s
DECLINATION:
-09° 19' 28''
Local Sidereal Time:
04h 14m 43s
The satellite is in day light
SATELLITE PERIOD:

hvdh · Apr 30, 2019

The satellites stayed at 70.3°E under the name Eutelsat 70E, from 4 October 2018 to 8 April 2019.
And today arrived at new location 48.1°E, with 2.5° inclination.

Probably Eutelsat 48D will soon leave 48.1°E.
Maybe to 12.5°W where Eutelsat 12WB is nearing end-of-life. Its inclination is already allowed to grow (just 0.1° now).

Analoguesat · Apr 30, 2019

So presumably will become Eutelsat 48E?

Yeah gods I really dont like the constant renaming of the Eut birds as the move around the arc..........

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