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[mdonnelly]

So. I guess we should see more hd by tommorrow... Friday at the latest....

If you have a dish pointed at 138.5.

 

[long_time_DNC]

So. I guess we should see more hd by tommorrow... Friday at the latest.


Indeed. Sounds a lot better than the start with AMC-14.

Sounds far better than AMC-14, which had an anomoly within 30 minutes or so of launch with the Breeze-M burn.

 

[vtjman]

Getting close to 6 EST, waiting for good news.

 

[Rey]

it looks like it's going to be a successful launch of ceil II. congratulations to dish and it's customers :up

 

[vtjman]

We have one more burn and the final separation that has yet to be reported successful, so I will hold my congrats till then. Hopefully in the next few minutes.

 

[vtjman]

There it is!

http://www.ilslaunch.com/successful-mission/

+ Successful Mission

Posted by ILS Communications, 06:03 p.m. EST on 10 December 2008 | 0 Comments
We are happy to announce the successful conclusion of
another launch mission! The Proton M Breeze M rocket has
carried to geostationary transfer orbit the Ciel II
satellite, built by ThalesAlenia Space for the Ciel
Satellite Group. Spacecraft separation occurred on schedule,
at 17:55 EST. Total launch time was 9 hours, 12 minutes

 

[Voyager6]

Success!:up

We are happy to announce the successful conclusion of
another launch mission! The Proton M Breeze M rocket has
carried to geostationary transfer orbit the Ciel II
satellite, built by ThalesAlenia Space for the Ciel
Satellite Group. Spacecraft separation occurred on schedule,
at 17:55 EST. Total launch time was 9 hours, 12 minutes.

 

[Voyager6]

Wow, 3 posts all at once.

 

[HDRoberts]

Now, let's just hope in orbit testing goes smooth.

 

[parp]

That is great news! Imagine where E* would be if it had failed...

 

[peano]

I thought I'd be jinxing it by putting the 129 LNB back on my 1000+ dish today.

Lets hope the solar panels, etc. all work.

 

[Bradtothebone]

Congratulations to ILS, Thales, Ciel, and E* on a successful launch. Now, lets head to 138 and get started testing! :up

 

[nelson61]

I suspect that there are going to lots of happy people in new receiving areas when the spot beams light up.

 

[Foxbat]

Woo-hoo! :up Even though I'm in an Eastern Arc area, any more setbacks for Echostar would have been bad. Hopefully, this brings new HD goodness to the Western states and lets Echostar move their satellite assets to their best orbital locations.

And more National HD goodness, that would be nice. The Formula 1 season doesn't start for another three months, but it sure would be nice to watch in MPEG-4!

(I think I overdid the *nice* just a tad...)

 

[nelson61]

Woo-hoo! :up Even though I'm in an Eastern Arc area, any more setbacks for Echostar would have been bad. Hopefully, this brings new HD goodness to the Western states and lets Echostar move their satellite assets to their best orbital locations.

And more National HD goodness, that would be nice. The Formula 1 season doesn't start for another three months, but it sure would be nice to watch in MPEG-4!

(I think I overdid the *nice* just a tad...)

129 has lots of spotbeams for the east also.

 

[Rey]

the customers that use 129 are well deserving of this new sat. congrats on this successful launch.

 

[long_time_DNC]

This is great news! Let the testing commence!

 

[apollog]

Hip, Hip Hooray

 

[alebowgm]

I think it is time for Digiblur and JohnH to point a dish at 138w right now (perhaps by using a Dish 1000 to hit 129 and 148, with 138 in the middle) and have the scans going every 30 seconds

 

[memo90061]

Yay! I'm glad it all went good.