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.
EchoStar 25 @110W March 9/10 - 2026.
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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
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
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.
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.
EchoStar 25 is at it's permanent geostationary orbit location - longitude 110W
It can/will provide reliable service until around 2046
It can/will provide reliable service until around 2046
Errr. Ummmm….
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It's not like Spirit Airlines, and the Repo Man will fly up and bring it back to Earth for the next customer…
I think it would be a fine fit for starlink.
Combine the "one to many" dish stream for tv with the individual internet stream of starlink and the bandwidth utilization is maximized.
Combine the "one to many" dish stream for tv with the individual internet stream of starlink and the bandwidth utilization is maximized.
Except Starlink is aimed northwards, so it may not have an unobstructed view at 110˚W.
Wing dish with a new Hopper 3 deluxe would work.
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Unfortunately, I don't see either DISH satellite TV or Echostar being around by then. I can see Charlie selling it all off and retiring soon.
I can tell the new satellite is active... When I go to the point dish menu, here in Chicago, 110 TP 27, which is a Spotbeam, for me with the old satellite was in the signal strength 50's-60's, is now just fluttering between 16-18.
It's now being used for Springfield/Champaign locals, at +/- 59
Any chance you (or somebody else w/Chicago locals) could check & see where all the Chicago locals moved to, please...
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That is a great question. I can't check at the moment but will check if no one else is in Chicago area can chime in on where they went.
Actually, I can't seem to add the locals back to my account to check right now - when I go to add it and I submit the changes, it shows that I have added 1802 local channels (the whole country) and nothing happens. Something must be wrong with their website. 
I just happened to find out that I won White Sox tickets for tomorrow nights game June 10th. Yahoo! I just picked up my tickets around 8 P.M. local time and it is kind of late planning I know but I am leaving here in just a few and heading up to Peotone to stay the night tonight in a hotel and be there for tomorrow night as well. Its 9:21 P.M. Central Time now. I am hoping to beat the possible thunderstorms and fog early this morning up there and the weather there tomorrow as well. I oh so hope they play and no severe weather! Anyways, I just unhooked my Wally receiver and my DISH Playmaker and I am taking it with me. Peotone is in the Chicago Locals market and with me having a DISH Outdoors account I can change it when I get up there. I will have a check when I get there and I can post and let you know. I can put the antenna on top of the roof of the vehicle and run a 12 ft. coaxial cable running through the trunk into the vehicle. I have a DC to AC converter in the vehicle and can bring my Cloner Alliance ViewPRO to use as a the screen. I may even watch a little TV throughout the evening as well and maybe a little WGN as well. I miss WGN. I use to watch the Cubs, White Sox, and Bulls games on WGN and listen to the news and Tom Skilling a bunch. I hated it in December of 2014 when it became a standard cable network only. This will be only my 2nd time since they became a standard cable network and now defunct and rebranded as NewsNation that I actually get to see WGN again. The only other time was in 2016 up in Chicago as well and they were a standard cable network here then and not available locally. I now need to get going. I will let you know later.
RJ T.
From Illinois
Update Wednesday June 10, 2026 @ 1:07 A.M. CDT.
Well I made it safely to Peotone, IL and got checked in. Sitting in the vehicle right now and everything is hooked up and ran and locals changed through the App.
I only have 2 words. "Very Interesting"
This is going to take awhile to post all of this and get all of this right so I am going to be looking up some info as I type.
Chicago has tons of channels! 18! To be exact all in HD.
So let's start.
002-00 WBBM (CBS) SAT: 110 SB: 12
Now playing: (Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen)
005-00 WMAQ (NBC) SAT: 110 SB: 12
Now playing: (NBC Nightly News With Tom Llamas)
007-00 WLS (ABC) SAT: 110 SB: 12
Now playing: (Live with Kelly and Mark)
009-00 WGN (CW) SAT: 110 SB: 12
Now playing: (The Goldbergs)
011-00 WTTW (PBS) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Now Playing: (Nature)
023-00 WWME (METV) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Now Playing: (Mannix)
026-00 WCIU (IND) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Shows The U - Now playing: (The Perfect Line)
Time change to 1:30 AM
032-00 WFLD (FOX) SAT: 110 SB: 12
Now Playing: (Sherri)
038-00 WCPX (ION) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Now Playing: (Chicago Fire)
044-00 WSNS (TELM) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Telemundo Channel speaking Spanish.
Now Playing: (Programa pagado)
048-00 WMEU (IND) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Now Playing: (Comedy Classics)
050-00 WPWR (IND) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Infomercial right now playing: (Ideal Prostrate+ Provides Safe)
056-00 WYIN (PBS). SAT: 110 SB: 26
Shows Lakeshore PBS - Now Playing: (Amanapour and Company)
059-00 WTVK (SHOP LC) SAT: 110 SB: 26
It is the Shop Liquidation Channel. All I get is a black background but was able to obtain satellite and spotbeam information - Shows playing in guide (which isn't) Spectacular Night Owl Jewelry Deals
060-00 WXFT (UNIMAS) SAT: 110 SB: 26
UNIMAS Channel speaking Spanish - Now Playing: (El Chavo)
061-00 WPVN (IND) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Shows WiN TV on the screen with Korean people and Korean Language - Now Playing: (WIN BNC)
062-00 WJXS (IND) SAT: 110 SB: 12
Shows wjys The Way - Now Playing; (Paid Proograming) but a church service is showing instead.
And finally…
And a time change to 2:00 AM
066-00 WGBO (UNIV) SAT: 110 SB: 26
Univision Channel speaking Spanish - Now Playing: (Programa pagado)
Now done!
Wow! About an hour's worth!
So it appears they changed as well to the 110 Satellite and using 2 Spotbeams 12 & 26.
Got to head up to my room and get some sleep. I will be here until late afternoon tomorrow before I head up to the game and will be back here after the game tommorow night and head back home Thursday morning.
Take care everyone and have a good night and a good Wednesday and Thursday. Probably won't be back on until Thursday.
RJ T.
From Illinois