Another dead geosat ??????

From: T V I (tvinvestigations@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Thu Jan 29 2009 - 08:04:21 UTC

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    This from Eutelsat about their recently launched W2M
    
    http://www.eutelsat.com/news/compress/en/2009/html/PR0509Statement-W2M/PR0509Statement-W2M.html
    
    
    A week ago I watched this satellite carrying out  transponder tests at 3 degs east.
    It was testing the low Ku band power output as evidenced by the extremely high power spikes that were moving up and down the band ( As viewed on a spectrum analyser )
    All looked healthy enough then.
    
    Now , it seems that it mysteriously failed during the move across the arc
    
    I noted it visually on Jan 25 at 2030 GMT .By then it had started to move.
    
    There is no info as yet as to where exactly it failed , but co-incidentally , this is the same section of the geo arc that DSP-23 failed in. !!!!
    
    At the moment it seems to be loitering at around the  11 degs east mark ( although as the weather has closed in again I am unable to confirm that )
    
    
    
    John
    
    
          
    
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