[amsat-bb] ES'HAIL 2 in place

[Peter Guelzow]

Hi Pedro and all,

Thanks for a very nice webpage for visualizing the Es'hail-2 orbit!

Es'hail-2 is still in a temporary GEO slot, according to the Keps at ~24°E.
This is not the final location which planned to be at 26°E. 

During the next 1-2 month they will perform some fine tuning and
extensive In-Orbit-Testing in this position not to interfere with other
GEO satellites nearby. 

Once that is finished,  the satellite will slowly be drifting to and
stationed at the final position.

However, several "hunters" have already spotted the Engineering beacon
from Es'hail-2, so obviously everything looks good and is according to
the plan..  :-)

The checkout and inauguration of the both AMSAT transponders will be
performed after the IOT phase is finished. 

https://amsat-dl.org/p4a-positionining-and-iot

Stay tuned for latest news on https://amsat-dl.org   and  the official
Es'hail-2 / P4-A discussion forum on
https://forum.amsat-dl.org/index.php?board/3-es-hail-2-amsat-phase-4-a/



73s Peter DB2OS, AMSAT-DL





Am 28.11.2018 01:18 schrieb Pedro Converso <pconver at gmail.com>:
Seems by latest TLEs ES'HAIL reached GeoSync Orbit

ES'HAIL 2
1 43700U 18090A   18331.74832885  .00000138  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 43700   0.0937 247.5840 0001194 359.8609 112.5666  1.00272646   252

For Az/El, coverage & freqs at your place try:

http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=ESHAIL

Welcome to our first amateur Geosynchronous satellite !

73, lu7abf, Pedro

Am 28.11.2018 um 01:18 schrieb Pedro Converso:
> Seems by latest TLEs ES'HAIL reached GeoSync Orbit
>
> ES'HAIL 2
> 1 43700U 18090A   18331.74832885  .00000138  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
> 2 43700   0.0937 247.5840 0001194 359.8609 112.5666  1.00272646   252
>
> For Az/El, coverage & freqs at your place try:
>
> http://amsat.org.ar/pass?satx=ESHAIL
>
> Welcome to our first amateur Geosynchronous satellite !
>
> 73, lu7abf, Pedro
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