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<blockquote data-quote="william-1" data-source="post: 903924" data-attributes="member: 193781">Over the last few weeks Eutelsat 28A has been loosing geostationary position by up to 0.12 degrees as the satellite was launched on 8th March 2001 with an expected life of 12 years so 28A must be running very low on fuel by now <a href="http://www.flysat.com/e28a-info.php" target="_blank">http://www.flysat.com/e28a-info.php</a><a href="http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A.html" target="_blank">http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A.html</a>The other satellites currently @ 28.2 east cannot cover these transponders &amp; 2A ? so hopefully 2G launch will be successful on the 28th.EUTE 28A (EB 1)LOCAL TIME: 10:34:52UTC: 10:34:52LATITUDE: -0.06 = InclineLONGITUDE: 28.57ALTITUDE [km]: 35767.04ALTITUDE [mi]: 22224.61SPEED [km/s]: 0SPEED [mi/s]: 0AZIMUTH: 142.7SEELEVATION: +24.1RIGHT ASCENSION: 15h 42m 36sDECLINATION: -8° 20' 3''Local Sidereal Time: 13h 27m 26sFrequency plan for 28.2 east.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="william-1, post: 903924, member: 193781"] Over the last few weeks Eutelsat 28A has been loosing geostationary position by up to 0.12 degrees as the satellite was launched on 8th March 2001 with an expected life of 12 years so 28A must be running very low on fuel by now [url]http://www.flysat.com/e28a-info.php[/url] [url]http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A.html[/url] The other satellites currently @ 28.2 east cannot cover these transponders & 2A ? so hopefully 2G launch will be successful on the 28th. EUTE 28A (EB 1) LOCAL TIME: 10:34:52 UTC: 10:34:52 LATITUDE: -0.06 = Incline LONGITUDE: 28.57 ALTITUDE [km]: 35767.04 ALTITUDE [mi]: 22224.61 SPEED [km/s]: 0 SPEED [mi/s]: 0 AZIMUTH: 142.7 SE ELEVATION: +24.1 RIGHT ASCENSION: 15h 42m 36s DECLINATION: -8° 20' 3'' Local Sidereal Time: 13h 27m 26s Frequency plan for 28.2 east. [/QUOTE]

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