Astra 2E @ 28E

MBSnr · 29-01-2014 10:32am #1

I haven't seen any posts on boards about this, so I thought I'd mention it.

Astra 2E is due to arrive at 28E in the next day or so and then some channels will no doubt move over to it a few days afterwards. Fairly sure most retain their exact same freqs etc so it will be seamless, but be prepared for some channels to require a re-scan on generic FTA boxes. (With Sky or Freesat you won't notice a thing).

The major impact will be for those in Europe currently enjoying TV from Astra 1N @ 28E which has a wider beam designed for the position @ 19E. 1N will start moving once 2E is active and stable.

Mr Cumulonimbus · 29-01-2014 6:00pm

Thread over on DS as well. Meant to be at 29.9E this morning, so not far to go now.

MBSnr · 29-01-2014 8:56pm

Mr Cumulonimbus wrote: »

Thread over on DS as well. Meant to be at 29.9E this morning, so not far to go now.

Best place I found for all this info is the techie lads over at satellites.co.uk/forums. They have been tracking the beacon on it. Also a few of them have taken long exposure photos of the SATs. Yes it is possible! Quite unbelievable really. They tend to be non moving pixels of light in a night sky of moving stars.

Tom Hanks · 29-01-2014 9:21pm

This bird I imagine will have a tight beam over these Isles, is that correct?

MBSnr · 30-01-2014 10:02am

Tom Hanks wrote: »

This bird I imagine will have a tight beam over these Isles, is that correct?

I believe it does have a similar UK/Ireland beam footprint to 2F. So those further away in Europe with FTA will notice anything that moves from 1N to the UK beam on 2E for sure. The 1N spot beam footprint was never designed for the UK and fringe reports say it is much larger.

According to kingofsat.net there's 190 FTA channels and 370 odd encrypted ones on Astra 1N. Of course the Sky encrypted ones will stay on the PE beam.... for those Sky boxes in Spain and beyond....

byte · 30-01-2014 9:51pm

MBSnr wrote: »

Of course the Sky encrypted ones will stay on the PE beam.... for those Sky boxes in Spain and beyond....

:pac:

MBSnr · 31-01-2014 3:03pm

2E has arrived and looks already to have a few test TPs lit up.
Discussion on other forum here

curly.bert · 31-01-2014 8:57pm

Hey folks,
Please excuse me if this is an idiot question. We have Freesat (Ariva 150) tuned to Astra 2A, but as of today the freesat channels are all gone. Could this new satellite moving in have something to do with it?

Peter Rhea · 31-01-2014 9:01pm

Arivas are not Freesat boxes. They receive the same free-to-air satellite broadcasts, though.

The new satellite is nothing to do with your problem: maybe your dish has become misaligned or water has got into cables or some other issue.

curly.bert · 31-01-2014 9:27pm

Sound. Thanks for that - it's a bit stormy out so will check tomorrow!

dxhound2005 · 06-02-2014 7:31pm

There is a lot of discussion on the SatelliteUK forum. Flysat is showing some transponders which have switched over to 2E. Won't affect anyone in this part of the world.

http://www.flysat.com/28east.php

irishgeo · 06-02-2014 8:01pm

anyone got a picture of what the astra satellite at 28.2e looks like in space.

i thought all the different 2a 2b etc were linked together?

having done some reading that's not the case.

this is a class picture. http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/geo_belt1.jpg

Apogee · 06-02-2014 8:28pm

irishgeo wrote: »

i thought all the different 2a 2b etc were linked together?

having done some reading that's not the case.

Good video from SES on co-location:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0jsW2tlv74

Pics:
http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/press_centre/astra-2e-satellite-ready-for-launch.html

http://www.ses.com/15533195/ten-things-about-astra-2e

http://www.ilslaunch.com/sites/default/files/pdf/A2E%20Mission%20Overview%20final_0.pdf

Astra 2E @ 28E

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