This upcoming Monday evening (8-21), Sea Launch is schduled to launch Koreasat-5 communications satellite for KT Corporation on a Zenit-3SL rocket from the Odyssey Launch Platform positioned on the equator in the Pacific Ocean.
Launch window opens at 11:27 p.m. EDT. Monday with a 1 hour window to 12:27 a.m. EDT.Tuesday. Spacecraft separation around 1 hour and 4 minutes after lift off over the coast of Gabon, in Africa Koreasat-5 is a A hybrid spacecraft, Built by Alcatel Alenia Space is a Spacebus 4000 C1 platform with 36 transponders in multi-band frequencies and fitted with the Avionique 4000 avionics system. Koreasat 5 is owned jointly by the Agency for Defense Development of Korea and KT Corporation. Koreasat-5 will be located at 113 degrees East Longitude Broadcast coverage: AMC-1 @ 103 degrees West, transponder 18 Upper Ku band (12069 Vertical) DVB 4:2:0, SR: 13.021 Test signals start at 10 p.m. EDT. Broadcast starts at 11:10 p.m. EDT. Also a turnaround to the Asian Pacific on PAS-8 @ 166 degrees East, transponder 17 C-band (4026.5 MHz Vertical) DVB 4:2:0, SR: 6.1113 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/sealaunch/koreasat5/status.html 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 IA-6 (T6) Transponder 1 / 6.2 & 6.8Mhz (4DTV T6-999) 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/ Sat subcarrier and net streaming audio programming and locations: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BROADCASTFINDER/ 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/
