Upcoming this Saturday morning (11-05), Sea Launch is schduled to launch Inmarsat-4 F2 mobile communications satellite for Inmarsat Ltd on a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned on the equator in the Pacific Ocean.
Launch window opens at 9:19 a.m. EST. with a 29 minute window Spacecraft separation in 1 hour and 25 minutes after lift off. Inmarsat-4 is a Eurostar 3000 model spacecraft, built by EADS Astrium, it's the first in a series of Inmarsat's fourth generation of satellites with a single global beam that covers up to one-third of the Earth's surface, 19 wide spot beams and 228 narrow spot beams for delivery of Internet and intranet content and solutions, video-on-demand, videoconferencing, fax, e-mail, phone and LAN access at speeds up to half a megabit per second to easily-used terminals the size of laptops. Inmarsat-4 will be located at 53 degrees West Longitude. This also is a first time launch of a Inmarsat satelellite and a European spacecraft for Sea Launch. Broadcast coverage: AMC-2 @ 85 degrees West, transponder 1 Ku band (11720 Mhz Vertical) Analog Test signals start at 8:15 a.m. EST. Broadcast starts at 9 a.m. EST. For those in view of NEW SKIES 7 (NSS7) @ 22 degrees West, there will be also a DVB feed of the launch on Transponder 8 Ku (11657.5 Mhz Horizontal) SR: 5632 PAL Don't have a dish, a webcast of launch is available at: http://www.sea-launch.com/current_index_webcast.html Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.sea-launch.com/current_launch.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 --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/EyMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
