Hotbird 7A launch coverage
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Here you go folks - live in digital on 13E:
Satellite: HOT BIRD 1 @ 13°EST
Network ID: 318
Transport stream ID 500
Transponder 5
Name: Business Tv
Frequency: 11303,660
Pol. X
S/R 27.500 Msymb
Fec 3/4
Service ID 8404
Pmt Pid 212
Pid Video 340
Pid Audio 1 341
Pid Audio 2 342
Satellite: HOT BIRD 1 @ 13°EST
Network ID: 318
Transport stream ID 500
Transponder 5
Name: Business Tv
Frequency: 11303,660
Pol. X
S/R 27.500 Msymb
Fec 3/4
Service ID 8404
Pmt Pid 212
Pid Video 340
Pid Audio 1 341
Pid Audio 2 342
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GMT
From 10:13 p.m.
to 11:23 p.m.
on February 21, 2006
Paris and Madrid
From 11:13 p.m.
to 00:23 a.m.
on February 21/22, 2006
Thats the day im intrested in to.
Is another bird in the hotbird cluster necessary? Or is one of the older sats about to die?
DP
That sound about right
Its a pity Eutelsat didnt think to put the coverage onto a temporary Eurobird 1 feed so the UK Sky only viewers could watch the fun as well.
I wonder if it will be on sky news/BBC News active? If anyone spots it on an active service can they post it for the benefit of everyone else??
Somehow missed answering this - apologies. Eutelsat want to make sure they have sufficient spare capacity "just in case".
Hotbird 1 is getting past it, and Hottie 4 is off to 7W in the summer to become Nilesat 103.
Just got this from Arianespace:
The Ariane 5 ECA launch with HOT BIRDTM 7A and SPAINSAT is postponed
Today's Ariane 5 mission has been postponed following an anomaly with ground support equipment that is used to prepare the launch vehicle at Europe's Spaceport.
Both the heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA and its dual payload of the HOT BIRDTM 7A and SPAINSAT satellites are in a safe mode.
A new date for this mission will be announced shortly.
http://www.eutelsat.org/satellites/13ehb7a.html
(bottom right of page)
Cheers.
Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA launch is tentatively rescheduled for Friday.
The new launch date for Arianespace's heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission with SPAINSAT and HOT BIRD
7A has been tentatively set for Friday, February 24.
This will allow for additional preparations following the discovery of an anomaly with ground
equipment earlier this week at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
The new launch date will be confirmed by press release on Thursday, February 23.
The Ariane 5 and its dual-satellite payload remain in a safe condition in the ELA-3 launch zone at
the Spaceport.
You can sign up for the same info on the Arianespace site
From 22h11
to 23h21 p.m.
on February 24, 2006
Ariane 5 is back in the launch zone with its SPAINSAT and HOT BIRDTM 7A payloads
The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA returned to the launch zone at Europe's Spaceport this morning, clearing the way for tomorrow evening's liftoff with a dual-satellite payload of SPAINSAT and HOT BIRDTM 7A.
Emerging from its Final Assembly Building at 10 a.m. local time in French Guiana, the Ariane 5 covered the 2.8-km. distance to the launch zone in one hour. Its massive mobile launch table was then fixed in position over large flame ducts for the vehicle's two solid rocket motors and the core stage Vulcain cryogenic main engine.
Liftoff of the Ariane 5 was rescheduled after an anomaly in ground support equipment at the Spaceport necessitated an equipment change-out. Launch teams demonstrated their experience with the Ariane 5 system by quickly effectuating the equipment swap and authorizing a resumption of final preparations for liftoff.
The combined payload for this Ariane 5 flight is 8,985 kg. Of this total, 7,778 kg. will be for the SPAINSAT and HOT BIRD 7A satellites, while the remaining mass is represented by the payload interface hardware and Sylda 5 dual-payload dispenser system.
SPAINSAT is the first Spanish satellite dedicated to secure government communications, and it is riding in the upper payload position on Ariane 5. This Space Systems/Loral-built spacecraft will be deployed first in the mission sequence – approximately 27 minutes into the flight.
SPAINSAT will be operated by Hisdesat, a company created in 2001 by Hispasat, INSA, EADS CASA Espacio, Indra and Sener. It carries 13 X-band transponders, plus one Ka-band transponder, and will be positioned at 30 deg. West, placing the satellite over the Atlantic.
The lower passenger in the Ariane 5 ECA's payload "stack" is HOT BIRD 7A, which will released at about 32 minutes after liftoff. Operated by Europe's Eutelsat, its mission will be to relay television and radio broadcasting from an orbital position of 13 deg. East, which places it above Gabon.
Built by Alcatel Alenia Space, HOT BIRD 7A will be the 21st satellite launched by Arianespace for Eutelsat.
http://www.videocorner.tv
is saying postponed launch , but no further info at the moment.
I'll post if any further news one way or the other comes up.
HOT BIRD™ 7A :: 13° East
The launch of Eutelsat's HOT BIRD™ 7A satellite, scheduled for February 24, has been delayed. At the request of Alcatel Alenia Space, a verification is being carried out on the telemetry circuit. Further information will be provided shortly.
Launch postponed for verification of the HOT BIRDTM 7A payload
Tonight's launch of the heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA has been postponed following a request by HOT BIRDTM 7A satellite manufacturer Alcatel Alenia Space to verify the telemetry circuit.
A new launch date will be determined in the new few hours.
Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 7A is one of two payloads installed on the Ariane 5 ECA, accompanying the SPAINSAT spacecraft to be operated by Hisdesat.
I would have watched but my oh so considerate neighbours are building an extension that blocks my dish completely so I've been forced to purchase a temporary dish and stick it at the bottom of the garden.
It was due off last night, but has been put off indefinitely due to a telemetery fault on Hotbird 7A. It will be announced here once we know anything definite.
However, if the technicians have to do any repairs on the satellite, it could be weeks before the launch is rescheduled