can you guys check if you are receiving 78W? Tonight I can't seem to even see it on my spectrum analyzer. I am able to get Arsat @81W C Band and Amazonas C Band @61W. I am usually getting a decent signal on 78W, with TLT being a bit touchy, but Telesur and others quite strong
no signal on 78W Venesat/Bolivar?
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I haven't been on that sat in a while but motored over and am not getting anything either.
i now see reports of the same on Rick's forum and on PortalEDS.
Let's hope it's just a temporary problem.. TLT has some good concerts.
Hi All,
Over at Ricks, a poster has noted that "the latest TLE's indicate that Venesat 1 (Simon Bolivar) is at 98.7 degrees West and is moving West at 3.5 degrees per day."
Not sure if this is a planned move which was not mentioned, or a failure of the satellite which has sent it "adrift." Its service life doesn't end for another 3 years.
John
Over at Ricks, a poster has noted that "the latest TLE's indicate that Venesat 1 (Simon Bolivar) is at 98.7 degrees West and is moving West at 3.5 degrees per day."
Not sure if this is a planned move which was not mentioned, or a failure of the satellite which has sent it "adrift." Its service life doesn't end for another 3 years.
John
Yeah, something's going on. Tracking now shows it at 99.84 and moving west.
Real time satellite tracking for: VENESAT-1
Real time satellite tracking for: VENESAT-1
i was going to check if its beacons were still alive... I guess i don't need to... My guess is that there's been a hardware problem. I wonder if we'll see its services pop up on other birds - I have not seen any so far
Venezuela’s flagship communications satellite out of service and tumbling
Venezuela’s flagship communications satellite out of service and tumbling
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Venezuela's flagship communications satellite out of service and tumbling
a bunch of the channels that we used to see on 78W are now in Ku band on 34.5W on 11100 V 30000, Caribbean beam, so receivable where the French channels can be received.
Sounds like they screwed up some calculations and uplinked bad station keeping data that sent the satellite for a loop.
