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Replacement for Failed Hotbird launch

  • 31-01-2006 12:33pm
    #1
    watty
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    In 2002 Hotbird7 was destroyed shorly after launch:
    An Ariane 5 ECA failed shortly after launching Hot Bird 7 and Stentor. The rocket was launched from Kourou, Pad ELA3, at 22:21 UTC on December 11, plunging into the Atlantic 800 to 1,000 km from the launch site.
    From
    http://www.spaceandtech.com/digest/flash2002/flash2002-095.shtml

    Hopefully the replacement launch will be succesfull. It will probabily be covered live on an ESA/Eutelsat feed channel @13E
    Eutelsat wrote:
    UPCOMING LAUNCHES

    HOT BIRD™ 7A
    HOT BIRD™ 7A will be equipped with 38 Ku-band transponders for television broadcasting to cable and DTH homes. It will replace HOT BIRD™ 1 and provide back-up and replacement capacity for HOT BIRD™ 2, 3 and 4. The satellite is due to be launched on 21st February 2006.

    HOT BIRD™ 8
    With 64 transponders that can be operated simultaneously, HOT BIRD™ 8 is the largest satellite yet ordered by Eutelsat. Its mission is to accompany HOT BIRD™ 7A into raising in-orbit sparing at 13 degrees East to a level where it can maintain its reputation as one of the most secure multi-satellite video neighbourhoods.

    As 13E still does have some spare capacity, it won't directly result in new channels

    BBC World TV on Hotbird @13E analog is close in April
    BBCWorldTV wrote:
    ALL EUROPE:
    BBC World is a digital channel available free-to-air from the Eutelsat Hotbird 6 satellite at 13° East with the following parameters:

    Frequency: 12,597 MHz
    Beam: Wide
    Polarisation: Vertical
    FEC: 3/4
    Symbol Rate: 27.5 Msym/sec

    BBC World is also available in digital format free-to-air from the Astra 1E satellite at 19.2° East with the following parameters:

    Frequency: 11,597 MHz
    Beam: Wide
    Polarisation: Vertical
    FEC: 5/6
    Symbol Rate: 22 Msym/sec

    Hotbird is better as it has Teletext.


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