Amos-17 C-band HTS in sub-Saharan Africa

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Last TLE for Amos-17 at 13.8°E was 31 October.
This *could* mean "they lost it", and the satellite is on its way to 17.0°E, or already there.



I still see both H & V beacon sigs at what still seems to be 13.8° East but both very weak compared to a week or so ago
 

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Amos 17 is moving East very slowly,
Yesterday it was at 13.88°E
Today it is a @ 13.92 °E

Real time satellite tracking for: AMOS 17
william-1, why not interpret TLE's correctly? Said this before, TLE's are just a snapshot of the motion (orbit) at one time (epoch).
If you insist using n2yo.com: check the satellite details, TLE is at bottom: Technical details for satellite AMOS 17
1 44479U 19050A 19304.77569395 .00000082 00000-0 00000+0 0 9990
2 44479 0.0131 281.3588 0001722 299.1394 112.3924 1.00275901 938
The 19304 is the julian date, see for example: FREE Calendar Templates
304 is 31 October, much older than most other satellites, now with epoch of 3 or 4 November.
 

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Well of course, a new TLE appeared!
1 44479U 19050A 19308.93913266 .00000086 00000-0 00000+0 0 9996
2 44479 0.0206 285.5666 0001677 298.5037 171.7275 1.00273752 985
And it shows Amos-17 still firmly at 13.80°E.
 

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... some different activity observed earlier - both usual beacon freq up to normal strength today - the traversing frequency sweep is of interest.
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... now observing very strong intermittent LHC signal 3820 L.
Pic to follow
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Amos-17 at 13.8 E.  3820 L - reduced..jpg
 
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... now observing very strong intermittent LHC signal 3820 L.
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... There is now considerable intermittent various frequency test activity going on now from Amos-17 @ 13.8° E - too quick to capture everything that's coming and going
 

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Amos-17 @ 13.8° E.
.. freq 3580 RHC observed
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Amos-17 - 13.8 E.  3580 RHC. - reduced...jpg
 

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... it now looks like constant stable lower level markers are now present at 3700 LHC & 3701 RHC
 

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Amos 17 left 13.8°E testing location on 13 November, and arrived at 17.0°E on 16 November.
 

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Over a week has passed & no data available can anyone here receive this satellite ?
 

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Over a week has passed & no data available can anyone here receive this satellite ?


I'm monitoring the C band output all the time now Will and apart from the odd narrow signal ramping up around 3700 H and the H beacon ramping up to a higher than normal level just now - there's not been much else to report.
 

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Hi william-1 and John,
there was an empty data signal on 4147 L 28000 3/4 DVB-S2 QPSK - lockable yesterday (see attached file) - but decreased (<3dB ) a short moment later.
Peak on 4147 L is still there, but weaker and no signal to analyze today.
PS: carrier was on 3613 L and R for a short time.
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qwer.
/edit: Nothing in Ku-band (2,2m).
 

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Hi william-1 and John,
there was an empty data signal on 4147 L 28000 3/4 DVB-S2 QPSK - lockable yesterday (see attached file) - but decreased (<3dB ) a short moment later.
Peak on 4147 L is still there, but weaker and no signal to analyze today.
PS: carrier was on 3613 L and R for a short time.
Best regards
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Thanks Edgar, iv'e seen absolutely nothing here around that frequency - 4147 L
 

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Just my current spectrum John.
 

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Just my current spectrum John.


No - absolutely zilch / nothing here - - the beacon is at a good level though ?? lol.
** As a matter of interest - if you look at the Africa Ku Band footprint map from the Amos site , have you any idea what the light purple & violet shaded areas are supposed to represent
 
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Maybe something for european reception...? No, sorry, I have no idea about that, John. :rolleyes:
 

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It has left now.
 

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Amos-17 Ku .... I 'Think' i am seeing random test carriers ramping up and down from Amos-17 on Ku high V.
** These are not all active at the same time - they are each active for approx 1 minute and then drop and re- appear on the next freq up.
12.709 V
12.712 V
12.714 V
12.716 V
12.719 V
12.722 V
12.724 V
12.727 V... - - and so on
 
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Amos-17 Cband
I have these two linear frequencies up this morning on the 2.2 PF - Nottinghamshire Central UK with good strength.
3610 H.
3605 H.
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Amos-17 @ 17° East - Cband linear..JPG
 
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