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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 980328" data-attributes="member: 325666">A couple of important questions about inmar at 25E ...Having probs finding tracking info on this bird which I believe is Inmarsat 4AF4 ...or is it&nbsp; ?Has this bird been re-named Alphasat ?Also ..how accurate are inclination trackers ?As ..Im sure this bird is more inclined than is claimed ..All I know is that on a 1.2m dish set to get the most signal in the morning is seeing next to nothing by evening ..Yes it can be found again by declination adjustment or re-tracking ...but if the numbers are to be belived the signal shouldn't totally disappear over a 12 hour period ??So it looks like the inclination is actually greater than that claimed ?Does anyone have accurate data ?Here is what I think is accurate ..but then is this even the correct bird ..?<a href="http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/Catalog/catalogID.php?39215" target="_blank">Track ALPHASAT at 24.9°E&nbsp; and view detailed satellite position data</a>rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 980328, member: 325666"] A couple of important questions about inmar at 25E ... Having probs finding tracking info on this bird which I believe is Inmarsat 4AF4 ...or is it ? Has this bird been re-named Alphasat ? Also .. how accurate are inclination trackers ? As ..Im sure this bird is more inclined than is claimed .. All I know is that on a 1.2m dish set to get the most signal in the morning is seeing next to nothing by evening .. Yes it can be found again by declination adjustment or re-tracking ...but if the numbers are to be belived the signal shouldn't totally disappear over a 12 hour period ?? So it looks like the inclination is actually greater than that claimed ? Does anyone have accurate data ? Here is what I think is accurate ..but then is this even the correct bird ..? [URL="http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/Catalog/catalogID.php?39215"]Track ALPHASAT at 24.9°E and view detailed satellite position data[/URL] rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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