RuberDuck
24th August, 2012, 07:17 PM
Eutelsat 48B (the former Eutelsat W2M that started on 16 East), according TLE data arrived at 28.5 East on wednesday
It has transponders between 10950...11700 and 12500...12750, but some may not be available since a power fault that happened a few years ago.
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as expected by the recent arrival to the 28.5 east position, Eutelsat 48B has now been renamed to Eutelsat 28B inline with it's new orbit, at present it is not known what services this new bird will be offering or whether it has been repositioned to take over from the now aging Eutelsat 28A ( foremly Eurobird 1) which was lunched in 2001 but only time will tell, especially as Eutelsat 28B ( Eutelsat 48B (W2M) ) is officially declared as faulty.
http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/EUTELSAT-28B.html
EUTELSAT STATEMENT ON THE W2M SATELLITE
Paris, 28 January 2009
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces that the performance of the W2M satellite, which was launched on 20 December 2008, does not comply with the requirements set with the spacecraft?s manufacturer, EADS Astrium/ISRO Antrix, following a major anomaly affecting the satellite?s power subsystem. This anomaly occurred during the satellite?s transfer from the location used for in-orbit tests to its operating position at 16 degrees East where its mission was to replace well in advance Eutelsat?s W2 satellite.
It has transponders between 10950...11700 and 12500...12750, but some may not be available since a power fault that happened a few years ago.
--
as expected by the recent arrival to the 28.5 east position, Eutelsat 48B has now been renamed to Eutelsat 28B inline with it's new orbit, at present it is not known what services this new bird will be offering or whether it has been repositioned to take over from the now aging Eutelsat 28A ( foremly Eurobird 1) which was lunched in 2001 but only time will tell, especially as Eutelsat 28B ( Eutelsat 48B (W2M) ) is officially declared as faulty.
http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/EUTELSAT-28B.html
EUTELSAT STATEMENT ON THE W2M SATELLITE
Paris, 28 January 2009
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces that the performance of the W2M satellite, which was launched on 20 December 2008, does not comply with the requirements set with the spacecraft?s manufacturer, EADS Astrium/ISRO Antrix, following a major anomaly affecting the satellite?s power subsystem. This anomaly occurred during the satellite?s transfer from the location used for in-orbit tests to its operating position at 16 degrees East where its mission was to replace well in advance Eutelsat?s W2 satellite.