Ciel 2 Tracking

[Bill1767]

How many realignment calls are going to come in to dish because of the wobble & peaking dish to the best signal to get 129 now,when installers did some sacrificed 119&110 for better signal at 129?.

 

[Rangers484]

How many realignment calls are going to come in to dish because of the wobble & peaking dish to the best signal to get 129 now,when installers did some sacrificed 119&110 for better signal at 129?.

If 110 & 119 signal strength is acceptable and Ciel 2 boosts 129 strength, why would anyone notice or call for a re-peak?

That's the situation I have right now. I was thinking when the new sat is live all I would see is 129 signal strength go up.

 

[navychop]

If Ciel-2 goes past 129 W, it has to go all the way around the Earth at 2 degrees per day and take another shot at it.

Since I don't see a smiley, I'll assume you're serious. Anyway, some readers may take you seriously.

Just increase altitude above geo a bit & you'll track the other way. Exceedingly unlikely they'll overshoot anyway.

 

[wetz73]

Sorry, guess I should have put a smiley!!!!

 

[Rangers484]

Sorry, guess I should have put a smiley!!!!

Wait, are you being serious now or where you being serious then?

 

[wetz73]

 

[Dune]

Okay, here is a dumb question:

In Hawaii we get signals on both 110 and 119 and also a spot beam from 110.

When the spot beam from 129 is active can they point it so it is picked up by the 110 dish or will I have to have a third dish at 129?

Dune

 

[digiblur]

Go ahead, make fun of HD Roberts post but you'll see in a couple of days someone is gonna post that Ciel 2 past 129. We'll find out, sooooon!

And apparently no one read mine when I said this type of thing either

 

[HDRoberts]

And apparently no one read mine when I said this type of thing either

I saw yours, but you didn't use giant red type

 

[space86]

Question so in less then 12 hours it will be at 129?

 

[digiblur]

Question so in less then 12 hours it will be at 129?

Possibly but I assume they have started slowing it down already to make it on target.

 

[Aqualung812]

You're like a kid tracking santa claus

Yes, but Santa never brought me HD locals. I've been asking for years...

And before someone points it out, I fully expect that HD locals won't be on it for a few weeks while they get the spotbeams ready, but progress is progress.

And lastly, I also am fully aware that just because they had Indy locals on there for testing doesn't mean I'm really going to get them. Indy has been a tease for a few years now, even being fully uplinked at least once.

Santa is at 130.33 now...

 

[jwgreen68]

If Ciel-2 goes past 129 W, it has to go all the way around the Earth at 2 degrees per day and take another shot at it.

LMAO!!! The best one yet!!

 

[TheKrell]

When the spot beam from 129 is active can they point it so it is picked up by the 110 dish or will I have to have a third dish at 129?

Not possible. You will need a 3rd dish, or else a replacement dish that can "see" all 3 orbital locations.

 

[jwgreen68]

Okay, here is a dumb question:

In Hawaii we get signals on both 110 and 119 and also a spot beam from 110.

When the spot beam from 129 is active can they point it so it is picked up by the 110 dish or will I have to have a third dish at 129?

Dune

A Spotbeam from 129 that is picked up by 110?

 

[kstuart]

Digiblur and other uplink specialists:

Have you guys seen any signs that there may come some conus HD locals out of this?

Thanks.

Just the opposite.

They need to remove the CONUS HD locals from 129, because Ciel-2 has less CONUS transponders and lots and lots of spot beams.

If you don't live within a spotbeam from either Ciel-2 (129) or Rainbow-1 (61.5), you may be out of luck soon (in terms of HD Locals).

 

[digiblur]

Just the opposite.

They need to remove the CONUS HD locals from 129, because Ciel-2 has less CONUS transponders and lots and lots of spot beams.

If you don't live within a spotbeam from either Ciel-2 (129) or Rainbow-1 (61.5), you may be out of luck soon (in terms of HD Locals).

I don't think there's going to be any part of the US not covered by a spotbeam...except maybe Maine.

 

[Dah-Henny]

A NEW TLE

Longitude 130.24

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33453U 08063A 09026.64059299 .00000003 00000-0 00000+0 0 720
2 33453 000.0430 230.6702 0000442 265.8283 088.9544 01.00838821 493

 

[Smith P.]

A question for the transponder experts.

What is the technical difference between 8PSK rate 2/3 (used for Conus) and 8PSK Turbo Rate 2/3 (used for most of the spots-excluding southeast)?

I think they're forgot to put the word "Turbo" - Dish using TC with 8PSK modualtion.

 

[nelson61]

Longitude 130.24

Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 33453U 08063A 09026.64059299 .00000003 00000-0 00000+0 0 720
2 33453 000.0430 230.6702 0000442 265.8283 088.9544 01.00838821 493

Epoch: Approximately 9:30 AM Central Time 1/26
Perigee: 35,633.7 km
Apogee: 35,637.4 km


altitude/speed constant