[FPSPACE] Another Geosat dies.... ???

[John Locker]

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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