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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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