101west channels moved to 97west

[TurboPirate]

Hello guys, reporting that channels from sat 101west have moved to 97west, the only channels that are still on 101west are His and Bio........................

http://www.lyngsat.com/galaxy19.html

[Costactc]

Have you verified this Turbo? Think I'll go and check it out and report back.

[Costactc]

Turbo, I just checked out AMC 4 and all the channels are still there. I think I'll do a scan of Gal 19 as well.

[Terryl]

That bird been up there for 11 years,they may be getting ready to move over to the 2 new ones coming up this year, one this Spring (SES-1 on 4/24/10) and this Fall (SkyTerra-1, on 10/10/10) both to be at 101W.

[Costactc]

Terry, any news on the old clunker at 103 being changed, the weakest of all c band sats for me on the American side.

[Terryl]

SES-2 (AMC-5R) is planned for some time in October this year for that spot, no news at this time as to what its going to replace, AMC-1 been up there for over 14 years so it's about due to be replaced.

[TurboPirate]

It was announced at Spanish section here
http://satfix.net/showthread.php?t=20045
At a Puerto Rican forum it was reported the Hope channel and Esperanza channel already UP at Galaxy 19, it is true what Costa said they are still ON on 101west, but it could be until they have all the moves done, at the link Kirky Juan says who is the info from.....................

[TurboPirate]

Forgot to say, that is my mom's favorite sat for TBN and Kuwait 2 channels, she does sat scan once a week in the sv4000 because that receiver tends to go no signal and hard boot doesn't fix it, today I told her about the channels and she added the TP 11842 and scan TP and channels showed UP.

[TurboPirate]

I also found this.......C/P from PR site
Intelsat Loses Contact with Galaxy 15 Satellite

By Warren Ferster

WASHINGTON — Intelsat’s five-year-old Galaxy 15 satellite stopped responding to commands early April 5, prompting the company to begin moving an on-orbit spare to the balky satellite’s 133 degrees west longitude orbital slot to avoid an interruption in service, Intelsat of Washington and Luxembourg announced April 8.

Intelsat spokeswoman Dianne VanBeber said Galaxy 15’s transponders remain fully functional and that there have been no service outages. But controllers have not been able to re-establish contact with the craft, a Star platform built by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va.

Intelsat has already begun moving the Galaxy 12 satellite, also built by Orbital and launched in 2003, from its holding location at 123 degrees west to Galaxy 15’s position, VanBeber said. It is expected to arrive April 14, at which time Intelsat will begin transferring Galaxy 15’s commercial users to the older but similar satellite, she said.

“We have plenty of time based on how [Galaxy 15] is operating,” she said.

Galaxy 15 carries 24 C-band transponders serving media customers in North America and an L-band payload used by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Galaxy 12 carries a virtually identical C-band package but does not carry any additional payloads, VanBeber said.

Intelsat has six Orbital-built Star platforms on orbit and another three under construction. The company has not previously experienced any problems like the one afflicting Galaxy 15, VanBeber said.

“We’re working with Orbital to do a complete and thorough investigation and are mindful of the fact that we have other satellites in production with them right now,” VanBeber said.

VanBeber said it is too early to tell whether engineers will be able regain control of Galaxy 15 and put it back into service. Galaxy 15, designed to operate through 2022, was not insured in keeping with Intelsat’s policy of covering its spacecraft through launch plus one year on orbit.

http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/100408-intelsat-loses-contact-galaxy-satellite.html

[Bowhunters]

We had a really strong solar flare hit earth about that same day, I wonder if that sat got fried.

[TurboPirate]

We had a really strong solar flare hit earth about that same day, I wonder if that sat got fried.

I was wondering the same thing, can't remember where I heard the solar flare but I heard it some where...................................