GSat-30 was tested at 80.9°E, and is now at 83.0°E and has already taken over services from Insat-4B.
Insat-4B started drifting 0.4°E/day and also starts becoming inclined.
It appears Eutelsat Konnect is not going to be tested at planned final location 14.0°E.
The satellite has now arrived at about 7.25°E, with still a bit of inclination (0.17°) to be corrected.
Eutelsat Communications has agreed to sell all the available capacity on its Eutelsat Konnect satellite covering the French territory to the telco Orange.
www.broadbandtvnews.com
Interesting that the agreement only covers until Konnect VHTS goes into service - then customers will be migrated onto that bird.
Eutelsat Communications announces the successful entry into service of its new-generation EUTELSAT KONNECT High Throughput Satellite at the 7° East orbital...
news.eutelsat.com
Nov 18: TIM commits to capacity on Eutelsat Konnect and Konnect VHTS to expand high-speed broadband delivery.
Eutelsat Communications has signed a Letter of Agreement with TIM for wholesale capacity on the EUTELSAT KONNECT and KONNECT VHTS satellites which will...
news.eutelsat.com
(TIM is Telecom Italia).
Eutelsat site not yet shows complete coverage maps of Konnect.
But this investor presentation at least shows the European part, on page 38:
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