Recent content by nelson61

Add 148 to the list. Used to get my locals there

A common business model for a declining cash cow with no obvious survival plan is to run it till it drops dead.

The number of satellite tv subscribers continues to decrease at a linear rate.

Echostar 1st quarter SEC 10K https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001415404&owner=include&count=40

D8 at 119W has another 10 years of life (2035). https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/attachment_menu.hts?id_app_num=155682&acct=624514&id_form_num=15&filing_key=-524339

Earning report with live webcast scheduled for May 9 at 11 AM Eastern Daylight Time. The link for the live webcam (on the 9th) will be found here. https://ir.echostar.com/

EchoStar 15 has departed 61.5W and is on the way to 119W Presently ~50 km above geostationary, at ~64W and moving west at ~0.5 degrees per day. This indicates arrival at 119W around the middle of August

Only Echostar knows the status of their satellites. Some of the satellites are getting "old" and maybe they are initiating contingency plans to address the possible loss of a satellite in the next few years (or sooner). So it could be next year. ----- or not

The E15 move is just a replacement. It is conus so does not affect locals

https://cordcuttersnews.com/exclusive-fired-dish-sling-tv-leaders-gary-schanman-and-ajinkya-joglekar-let-go-in-strategic-shake-up/ Things must be getting stressful at the corporate headquarters.

They say for 110w but that does not mean much. They can change at the last minute. And, capabilities will not be known until they file for launch.

They are scratching to save every dollar they can and the double arc system is facing upgrade costs for satellites. I'm thinking they were counting on the Directv deal to consolidate and reduce costs and keep thing stable ,. Now, they are putting their limited cash into the wireless business...

Perhaps Echostar and Directv have made a deal for Echostar to use Directv's "empty" transponders on the western arc.

The Nimiq 5 lease was recently extended to 2029

Echostar 15 has two essentially identical Conus beams. This is the WTXR beam at 119W