This Thursday morning (8-11) a Ariane 5G rocket (v.166) is set to launch iPSTAR for Thailand's Shin Satellite, from ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana, South America.
Launch is set for 2:39 a.m. EDT. with a window extending to 4:39 a.m. EDT. (11:39 p.m PDT 8-10) Spacecraft separation expected at 28 minutes after lift off. iPSTAR also known as Thaicom 4 built by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California. has 20 Ka-band and 51 Ku-band transponders and will operate with 7 on-board antennas to create 112 spot and regional beams in the Ku and Ka frequency bands. iPSTAR will be placed at 120 degrees East. and it will provide Internet access and multimedia services for the entire Asia-Pacific region over a design life exceeding 12 years. Broadcast coverage: IA 5 (Telstar 5) at 97.0°W transponder 7C (3840 V)Analog Broadcast starts around 2:20 a.m. EDT. (11:20 p.m. PDT 8-10) 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/v166/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 EST. on RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network AMC-7 Transponder 5 / 6.8 & 7.5Mhz (4DTV W-7 973), 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/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h5m54fc/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705036932:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123730698/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
