Echostar 15 launch update

[whatchel1]

GEO

I'm still learning all of this so please forgive my naiveness, but what does GEO stand for?
Thanks,
Ghpr13

Geo-synchronous orbit. That's 22,300 miles above the earth.

 

[Ghpr13]

Geo-synchronous orbit. That's 22,300 miles above the earth.

whatchel1,
You have been a wealth of information today! Thank you.

Ghpr13

 

[whatchel1]

U R welcome

whatchel1,
You have been a wealth of information today! Thank you.

Ghpr13

title says it all.

 

[120inna55]

So, perhaps it is time for everyone to record their pre-E15 signal strengths...

ViP 622 
DISH 1000.4
Clear sky, early morning (0614)
ZIP 75752 (Athens, TX)


01*	71
02	41
03*	66
04	48
05*	64
06	0
07*	91
08	55
09*	55
10	47
11*	51
12	0
13*	43
14	67
15*	67
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	46
20	50
21	41
22	48
23	50
24	50
25	51
26	0
27	51
28	48
29	57
30	50
31	51
32	0

*spotbeam

 

[HDRoberts]

05 64

*spotbeam

TP 5 should be a spotbeam as well. Most likely the receiver locked on to another TP. Did your meter say "Name Not Acquired" or "wrong sat"?

 

[120inna55]

TP 5 should be a spotbeam as well...

I just forgot the asterisk. I edited it. Thanks.

 

[digiblur]

Be sure and check your strengths again on the 3rd and the 5th

 

[nelson61]

Be sure and check your strengths again on the 3rd and the 5th

Puerto Rico will see a dramatic increase in signal strength.

 

[ljdonato]

Puerto Rico will see a dramatic increase in signal strength.

Can't wait. Haven't post my signal strength because it has been raining a lot here. If we get clear skies before the transition, I will post those, if not, I will post signal strength I saved from sometime ago...

 

[whatchel1]

61.5 SS

Dish 500 single LNBF

tp 01 (sp) 50
tp 02 25
tp 03 (sp) 45
tp 04 40
tp 05 62
tp 06 0
tp 07 (sp) 60
tp 08 46
tp 09 0
tp 10 27
tp 11 0
tp 12 26
tp 13 35
tp 14 50
tp 15 (sp) 37
tp 16 0
tp 17 0
tp 18 0
tp 19 50
tp 20 37
tp 21 44
tp 22 27
tp 23 30
tp 24 50
tp 25 30
tp 26 50
tp 27 41
tp 28 0
tp 29 39
tp 30 24
tp 31 36
tp 32 26
location NW TX. ENE of defergie.

 

[elTiTANio]

Puerto Rico will see a dramatic increase in signal strength.

lets hope for a dramatic increase in HD channels!

 

[flampher]

So this is moved in to position now? Live Real Time sat. shows it well past, but I seem to remember from previous launches that was not correct and based on projected position , not "real time"

 

[jrp]

So this is moved in to position now? Live Real Time sat. shows it well past, but I seem to remember from previous launches that was not correct and based on projected position , not "real time"

Right. This it the time people start saying "it's crashing into the ocean!" or some such. Wait for the location to update and all will be well.

 

[digiblur]

In orbit testing is planned for 7/21

 

[Bobby]

In orbit testing is planned for 7/21

Hey, that's just 4 hours and 21 minutes from now...

 

[Dah-Henny]

Hey, that's just 4 hours and 21 minutes from now...

It sucks living in the west, doesn't it?

 

[Bobby]

Nah, I love it, 3 hours late and gettin' it all just the same...

 

[Supertv]

nice !!!!!!!! echostar 15 all most live !!!!!

 

[digiblur]

You guys are probably not going to see anything different for just in orbit testing. Like I said before... check your signals after 8/3.

 

[mike123abc]

They usually test things like station keeping, the ability to stay pointed at the earth, solar cell power production, batteries, etc first. They want to be sure the spacecraft made it to orbit in one piece. The command and control is usually tested before they actually get around to things like transponders.