This Saturday evening (11-17) International Launch Services Proton M/Breeze M rocket is scheduled to launch SIRIUS 4 communications satellite for SES SIRIUS, Stockholm, Sweden, from Launch Pad 39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Launch is scheduled for 5:39 p.m. EST. Spacecraft Separation is approximately 9 hours and 13 minutes after liftoff SIRIUS 4 is a A2100 AX platform, built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, Newtown, Penn is a Ku / ka Band Communications Satellite with 52 active Ku-band transponders and 2 active Ka-band transponders and will be located at 5 degrees east. SIRIUS 4 will provide a wide range of telecommunications services, providing coverage over Europe, Africa and the Baltic/Nordic region and will replace SIRIUS 2 & 3. Satellite Broadcast coverage: Galaxy-26 (Telstar 6) at 93°W, transponder 15 C-Band (4000 V) analog Test signals begin about 4:45 p.m. EST. Broadcast starts about 5:15 p.m. EST. For those in Europe, Middle East: New Skies NSS-7 22.0°W, transponder WHL5/EUH4, Channel 1, Ku-band, downlink 11148.400 horizontal, symbol rate 6.113, digital PAL Test signals start at 2145 GMT Broadcast starts at 2215 GMT. Dont have a dish to view this? A live webcast of the launch is available at: http://streamvox.streamos.com/vyvx/ils111707/ Addional Coverage: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/proton/sirius4/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://ilslaunch.com/stories/Current_Campaigns/ -- 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 7 / 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)**
