GAME ON! Echostar XI successfully reaches Geo-synchronous Transfer orbit!

[jawilljr]

??

It's still moving. It's at 108.76.

Is it time to "speed it up to slow it down?" I don't know but it looks like it.

Jerry

 

[chapin4life]

So what's the deal with this new sat it's currently at 107.60
is it going all the way down to 100.0 lol?

 

[J. Allen Head]

maybe a change of plans for E11 - do you think it's possible that they might be pushing it into the EA or did the brakes fail

 

[HDRoberts]

Come on, people, the TLE is just out of date. Stop freaking out. I remeber tracking it when it first launched. One day it appeared to be closing in on the prime meridian, moving like 30 degrees a day or more east. The next day a new TLE was released that had it near 135.5 for testing. Of course it didn't move like that in real life, just an old TLE.

 

[jawilljr]

So what's the deal with this new sat it's currently at 107.60
is it going all the way down to 100.0 lol?

As I said earlier... time to "speed it up to slow it down".

Jerry

 

[chapin4life]

I thought echo star XI should have been active by now?

 

[nelson61]

INFORMATIVE
SAT-LOA-20070622-00085 ​

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S2738 EchoStar Satellite Operating L.L.C.
On August 8, 2008, Spectrum Five, LLC filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") entitled "Emergency
Request for Clarification of Condition on the Operation of the EchoStar 11 DBS Satellite at 110º W.L." Letter from Todd M. Stansbury,
Esq., Wiley, Rein LLP, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, dated August 8, 2008 ("Letter Request").
On August 18, 2008, the Satellite Division, on its own motion, designated the matter as "permit-but-disclose" for purposes of the
Commission's rules governing ex parte communications. The Satellite Division finds that designating this matter as "permit-but-disclose"
will facilitate resolution of the issues raised. See 47 C.F.R. §6 1.1200(a), 1.1206 and 1.1208 note 2. This action is without prejudice to any​

determination regarding the processing of the Letter Request.

 

[Fitzie]

INFORMATIVE​

SAT-LOA-20070622-00085

S2738 EchoStar Satellite Operating L.L.C.

On August 8, 2008, Spectrum Five, LLC filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") entitled "Emergency
Request for Clarification of Condition on the Operation of the EchoStar 11 DBS Satellite at 110º W.L." Letter from Todd M. Stansbury,
Esq., Wiley, Rein LLP, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, dated August 8, 2008 ("Letter Request").
On August 18, 2008, the Satellite Division, on its own motion, designated the matter as "permit-but-disclose" for purposes of the
Commission's rules governing ex parte communications. The Satellite Division finds that designating this matter as "permit-but-disclose"
will facilitate resolution of the issues raised. See 47 C.F.R. §6 1.1200(a), 1.1206 and 1.1208 note 2. This action is without prejudice to any​

determination regarding the processing of the Letter Request.
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A quick look at some filing materials shows that Spectrum Five apparently has a Netherlands licensed satellite at 114.5 degrees WL, FCC approved, with the right to complain if it thinks E11 is going to impinge on its operations. The request for clarification appears to be rearing that very ugly head at an extremely late stage in the E11 deployment.

Thanks Nelson61 for your informative post.

Fitzie
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[nelson61]

updated

109.99W

 

[HDRoberts]

updated

109.99W

So it DID pass up 110!!!! How horrid!!

But seriously, start lighting it up! Hopefully Dish has whatever clarification they needed.

 

[neoabacus]

actually

actually n2yo.com shows it to be stable now (speed 0mph) must be its final spot and -109.99 is only .01 off of 110 (more than close enough for a dish to pick up)

ECHOSTAR 11
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:16:30 UTCLatitude: 0°
Longitude: -109.99°
Right Ascension: 15h 50m 7s
Declination: -7° 12' 36''
Azimuth: 216.65°
Elevation: +36°
Altitude [km]: 35786.51
Altitude [miles]: 22187.64
Speed [km/s]: 0
Speed [miles/s]: 0

 

[HDRoberts]

Well, I hope it is not actually moving at 0 mph or it is falling out of the sky!

But yes, we are in a nice stable GEO orbit, no longer, it seems, moving east.

 

[kstuart]

actually n2yo.com shows it to be stable now (speed 0mph) must be its final spot and -109.99 is only .01 off of 110 (more than close enough for a dish to pick up)

Actually remember that big-spot-beam-satellite EchoStar 10 will also be at 110, and perhaps it is at 110.01 ... although that would only put them 9 miles apart... I forget how close they keep satellites in the same slot - perhaps someone remembers ?

More importantly, do the EchoStar Space Operations guys work on weekends ??

 

[neoabacus]

Actually e10 is at 110.2° W

 

[neoabacus]

Well, I hope it is not actually moving at 0 mph or it is falling out of the sky!

But yes, we are in a nice stable GEO orbit, no longer, it seems, moving east.

o mph relative....

 

[rglore]

Ground speed = hovering (0 mph), earth orbit speed = 6,880 mph, sun orbit speed = 66,645 mph, galaxy orbit speed = 558,000 mph, galaxy group orbit speed = 666,000 mph, speed through the universe = 2,236,000 mph.

 

[Smith P.]

That guy from mexico reported about camera view stream from E-11, but it is scrambled .

 

[Jim S.]

What exactly is the purpose of the camera?

 

[whatchel1]

Movers

So they can make sure that they don't have "movers".:haha:haha:haha

 

[Smith P.]

It was in Dish original statement.