BBC/ITV satellite signal ends in december

normally a COMPLEX has a big dish somewhere (2.4m-3m)
this ´could´ lose all its BBC/ITV channels
if you have one of those aerial systems with 5 channels they get their signal from satellite as well so they ´could´lose them as well

I am very confused, I thought we were losing the signal in October, then November and now December. I suppose we just have to wait and see and make sure we don´t hand over €90

Don't do nowt until after the planets line up. all sats will be fecked.

no nothing has changed much from what we said except that it is a two week behind
the new satellite was launched end of september,the radios stopped end of october and the new satellite takes over 22-26 november ...its as was said all along .... i thik its now €99 not €90 anymore ...and if you were with MILLER they have gone .... sold out to someone else

ASTRA 2F ETA NOW about 20/11

Astra 2F is now at Longitude 31.51E and should arrive on station at 28.2E some time on Monday to replace Astra 1N Here

should be an interesting week ...
ive got my Felix Baumgartner flight suit so i can get around the island fast
joking aside if the service stops the backlog for everone will be into next year ...

30.5e

Footprint maps and "possible" reception areas...The Sat and PC guy.

Keep us up to date TVT.

i will tell people what is happening directly it happens live from TENERIFE

TVTenerife wrote:i will tell people what is happening directly it happens live from TENERIFE

I'll keep them clued up in the UK, TVT!

It's now sitting at 30.35E...

Is that twenty five to seven

Spot on! Just left of Lake Victora...above the Mountains of the Moon...

Currently 2F has a semi-major axis 107 km higher than geostationary so that means it is going slower. Geostationary is 3.0748km/sec, whereas 2F is currently 3.0697km/sec. Firing thrusters will cause it to fall to the lower orbit, possibly over 12 hours. That fall causes it to pick up speed so it is going at the correct speed when it arrives at geostationary altitude. Then it does another burn to circularize the orbit, rather than it oscillating between the 2 orbits. Anyway all this means it would arrive earlier, not later. But anyway all this is of no importance because the difference between the two orbital periods is only 6 minutes.

Have you been buying anoracks for everyone for Christmas Cam? Jeeeeez.

reports will still be posted here UNTIL the channels are transferred across
then please look at the new ASTRA2F reception threads

29.50 east
at 08.30 WET

ASTRA 2F SATELLITE IS NOW AT ITS NEW PERMANENT HOME 28E

TRANSFER OF CHANNELS IS NORMALLY DONE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING
AND SINCE THERE ARE ONLY 20 UK PSB CHANNELS TO MOVE IT WILL BE DONE IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME .ETA 48 HOURS - THIS COULD RESULT IN TOTAL LOSS OF CHANNELS IN TENERIFE
IF SKY CHANNELS ON THE EUROPE BEAM ARE MOVED IT COULD RESULT IN A 20% PERCENT DROP IN SIGNAL
(OK ON A 1M DISH) BUT COULD GIVE MORE SKY CHANNELS NOT SEEN BEFORE

Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), is a circular orbit 35,786 KM above the Earth's equator
it is only 11km from ground to space
the SPACE STAION IS 200KM HIGH

52 satellites are monitored 24/7 365 days a year from the Betzdorf Castle in eastern Luxembourg. It is the headquarters of SES the world's largest satellite operator in terms of revenue

while we wait .... foyles war

http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/urSTLztRhg0&hl=en_us&autoplay=1&autohide=1&version=3&modestbranding=1&loop=1&rel=0&hd=1

there is a train of thought that change over will be this weekend ...

SES’ ASTRA 2F SATELLITE STARTS OPERATIONS

21.11.2012
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Luxembourg – November 21, 2012 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that the ASTRA 2F satellite has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational and in commercial service at the orbital neighborhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. The 52nd SES satellite was successfully launched board an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, on September 28, 2012.
ASTRA 2F was built by Astrium in Toulouse using a Eurostar E3000 platform. The multi-mission satellite carries Ku-band and Ka-band payloads for the delivery of high-performance Direct-to-Home (DTH) and next generation broadband services in Europe and Africa. Of the spacecraft's payload, 48 Ku-band transponders cover Europe and 12 Ku-band transponders are dedicated to sub-Saharan Africa, while 3 Ka-band transponders will allow SES Broadband Services to support download speeds of up to 20 Mbps.
ASTRA 2F is part of a larger fleet replacement and expansion programme at the 28.2/28.5 degrees East neighborhood, consisting of ASTRA 2E, 2F and 2G, that provides replacement and growth capacity for the UK and Ireland as well as for other services in and outside of Europe. ASTRA 2E and ASTRA 2G, also under construction with Astrium, are scheduled for launch in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
For further information please contact:

Yves Feltes
Media Relations
Tel. +352 710 725 311
Yves.Feltes@ses.com