Dish's FCC Filing on E-14 Satellite to 119 W

**digiblur** · 08-23-2009 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by whatchel1

Thanks are there more that we can look at?

Yep.... http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-net...formation.html

**whatchel1** · 08-23-2009 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by digiblur

Yep.... http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-net...formation.html

So are the spotbeams on E-14 going to be the same as Ciel's?

**digiblur** · 08-23-2009 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by whatchel1

So are the spotbeams on E-14 going to be the same as Ciel's?

No, they are two totally different satellites in two different locations. You'll notice the beams are much different.

**Jim5506** · 08-23-2009 11:56 PM

I just took the link in post 55 and started changing the numbers from B1 to B22 and A1 to A28 I found 50 spotbeams. Looks like I missed B24 because B23 drew a blank.

**digiblur** · 08-24-2009 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by Jim5506

I just took the link in post 55 and started changing the numbers from B1 to B22 and A1 to A28 I found 50 spotbeams. Looks like I missed B24 because B23 drew a blank.

I posted the link to all the spotbeams and their a few posts up.

**HDRoberts** · 09-01-2009 10:43 AM

I just noticed today that anik over at Nasaspaceflight officially list E14 as going up an a Proton. Never should have doubted you, rocatman.

2010...
TBD – EchoStar 14 – Proton-M/Briz-M – Baikonur

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ind...topic=1133.990

**digiblur** · 09-01-2009 10:49 AM

Ughh.... I hate seeing the word Briz...makes me think of AMC-14 all over again.

**HDRoberts** · 09-01-2009 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by digiblur

Ughh.... I hate seeing the word Briz...makes me think of AMC-14 all over again.

Well, it seems ILS is Dish's preferred launcher these days. Nimiq-5, E14, Quetzsat-1 all going up on Proton/Briz. E15 probably headed there, too.

**rocatman** · 09-01-2009 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by HDRoberts

I just noticed today that anik over at Nasaspaceflight officially list E14 as going up an a Proton. Never should have doubted you, rocatman.

Plan of Russian space launches

You should never doubt a fellow Clevelander. Regarding Dish using Protons, the recent bankruptcy of Sea Launch puts a great deal of doubt into them meeting schedule and their ability to perform successful launches. I think ILS now has a handle on the Briz M problems and now use a five burn mission for the Briz M. It takes longer for the satellite to be released from the Briz upper stage but it reduces the thermal loading which caused the AMC-14 failure.

**HDRoberts** · 09-01-2009 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by rocatman

You should never doubt a fellow Clevelander. Regarding Dish using Protons, the recent bankruptcy of Sea Launch puts a great deal of doubt into them meeting schedule and their ability to perform successful launches. I think ILS now has a handle on the Briz M problems and now use a five burn mission for the Briz M. It takes longer for the satellite to be released from the Briz upper stage but it reduces the thermal loading which caused the AMC-14 failure.

Didn't know you were from Cleveland

. Still, intersting they don't use Arianespace, either. I suspect Dish sats are too heavy for launching a second sat, thus making Ariane 5 not cost effective? How about United Launch Alliance? Typically doing government payloads, but they have done commercial now.