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<blockquote data-quote="william-1" data-source="post: 863794" data-attributes="member: 193781">Eutelsat @ 28.5 eastHaving lost the recent dispute to SES Astra to part of the Ku band spectrum @ 28.5 east,&nbsp;Eutelsat now only has 12 transponders + feeds at this location compared to 28 to 30 transponders that they used to have, Eutelsat 28A was launched on the 8th of April 2001 with an estimated life span of 12 years E28A is now 12 years &amp; 8 months old &amp; the transponder power levels are a lot lower now than 3 years ago so it must be replaced very soon,Eutelsat have placed Eutelsat 28B on standby @ 28.5 east this satellite was launched on 20th December 2008 but due to damage sustained moving E28B from 3.1 test area to 16 east to replace replace W2&nbsp; as W2M/E28B was unable to do this on it's own as intended&nbsp; Eutelsat could only operate 8 to 10 transponders at high power due to the severe damage was sustained by W2MAs W2M could not complete this mission on it's own Sesat from 36 east &amp; Hotbird 4 were moved to 16 east until the current Eutelsat 16A was launched to 16 east in October 2011,Eutelsat 28B does not have sufficient power to replace 28A @ 28.5 east for the 12 transponders + occasional feeds at this location as no new satellite has been ordered for this location I wonder what Eutelsat will move from the current satellites fleet to support 28B @ 28.5 east ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="william-1, post: 863794, member: 193781"] Eutelsat @ 28.5 east Having lost the recent dispute to SES Astra to part of the Ku band spectrum @ 28.5 east, Eutelsat now only has 12 transponders + feeds at this location compared to 28 to 30 transponders that they used to have, Eutelsat 28A was launched on the 8th of April 2001 with an estimated life span of 12 years E28A is now 12 years & 8 months old & the transponder power levels are a lot lower now than 3 years ago so it must be replaced very soon, Eutelsat have placed Eutelsat 28B on standby @ 28.5 east this satellite was launched on 20th December 2008 but due to damage sustained moving E28B from 3.1 test area to 16 east to replace replace W2 as W2M/E28B was unable to do this on it's own as intended Eutelsat could only operate 8 to 10 transponders at high power due to the severe damage was sustained by W2M As W2M could not complete this mission on it's own Sesat from 36 east & Hotbird 4 were moved to 16 east until the current Eutelsat 16A was launched to 16 east in October 2011, Eutelsat 28B does not have sufficient power to replace 28A @ 28.5 east for the 12 transponders + occasional feeds at this location as no new satellite has been ordered for this location I wonder what Eutelsat will move from the current satellites fleet to support 28B @ 28.5 east ? [/QUOTE]

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