Tuesday morning (11-08), Sea Launch will make another attempt 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. On the first attempt the countdown was stoped due to an automated halt in the launch countdown system, prior to fueling Late Friday evening.
Launch window opens at 9:07 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-9 @ 83 degrees West, transponder 5 Ku band (11800 MHz Horizontal) Analog Test signals start at 8:15 a.m. EST. Broadcast starts at 8:45 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 5 Ku (11150.83 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/
