EchoStar 25 @110W March 9/10 - 2026.

[Bobby]

Seattle's locals and a few surrounding DMAs have been on 119 since the start. I wonder if that will change?

I doubt it will change. 129° is just a test location before they move that to 110°. My locals in the SF Bay area are also on 119°. They used to be on 148° way back but moved to 119° when 148° was abandoned.

 

[nelson61]

Things are happening at 110W.

EchoStar 23 (Conus satellite) has been parked at 110 W as a non operational "spare".
They have just filed ( April 13) for ground station licenses to make the 110W location permanent (dropping the old Brazilian locations)

From the ground station applications ---

"An application will be filed shortly for authority to operate the EchoStar 23 for service to the United States from 109.9º W.L."

So, they will soon have EchoStar 23 for Conus and EchoStar 25 for spot beams - co-located at 110W

 

[nelson61]

Things appear to be moving on schedule.
EchoStar 25 testing commissioning has been completed and the drift from 129W to 110W has begun.

Location: 126.8W
Drift Rate: 1.2 degree/day
Offset: 100km below geostationary elevation

One can expect it to be at 110W by mid month.

 

[nelson61]

EchoStar 25 is at it's permanent geostationary orbit location - longitude 110W

It can/will provide reliable service until around 2046

 

[navychop]

Errr. Ummmm….

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