Tuesday (8-14) Arianespace is set to launch, a Ariane 5 ECA (v.177) with Spaceway 3 for Hughes Network Systems, LLC. and B-SAT 3A for Japan's B-SAT Corporation, , from ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana, South America.
Launch is set for 7:44 p.m. EDT. with a window extending to 8:21 p.m. EDT. Spacecraft separation for Spaceway 3 is expected 27 minutes after lift off and 34 minutes after liftoff for B-SAT 3A. Spaceway 3, is a BSS 702 - 2000 platform, built by Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. in El Segundo, California equipped with a digital signal processor with 10Gbps router,includes onboard dynamic multi-beam switching to deliver bandwidth-on-demand, as well as direct site-to-site mesh networking. Spaceway 3 will be located at 95° West. B-SAT 3A is a A2100 A platform built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems in Newtown, Pennsylvania, has 12 130-watt Ku-band channels (with eight operating at one time). B-SAT 3A will be located 110° East. DVB Broadcast coverage: Galaxy 10R at 123°W transponder 23Ku (12146.5 V) SR: 6.111 Test feed starts at 4:45 to 5:15 pm EDT. Broadcast starts around 7:15 p.m. EDT. If you dont have a dish, there will be a live webcast of the launch available at: http://www.videocorner.tv/index.php?langue=en Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v177/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/news_sub_missionupdate_index.html http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/news_sub_launchkit_index.html -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm ET. on: RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network Galaxy-26 (Telstar 6) @93° W - Transponder 1 / 6.2 & 6.8Mhz (4DTV T6-999) also via Digicipher on AMC 3 @87° W - Transponder 7 4DTV (DSR-922) W3 958 (Stereo) - WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/ **In Loving Memory of Mom (Dishnut Gerry)** _______________________________________________ Wildfeeds mailing list [email protected] http://twiar.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfeeds_twiar.org Send unsubscribe request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://twiar.org/pipermail/wildfeeds_twiar.org
