Eutelsat 5 West B @ 5° West

What is moving onto Eutelsat 5 West B:-

FlySat Fransat Packages will continue encrypted on E5 W B

https://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/France.html French FTA TV on E 5 west B soon + FTA French TV on other satellites,

Due to the reduced capacity on the New satellite due to a damaged solar panel some of the current Italian TV has already migrated to Eutelsat 9B as there will not be enough capacity for all the TV that was on E5 W A.

https://www.flysat.com/e9b.php

pipino said:

I am not mate .. was just commenting on reality , Fransat is a bussiness and defo the FTA multistream now getting ( grand public ) will make some desconfort for fransat

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So is the BBC & ITV + other TV on FreeSat @ 28.2 east to Sky but they learn to live together as they will on 5 west :thum:

Eutelsat 5 West B has arrived @ 5 west :thum:


https://www.n2yo.com/?s=44624

Tracking info will show that the satellite has passed 5 west this will be corrected soon.

william-1 said:

Eutelsat 5 West B has arrived @ 5 west :thum:


https://www.n2yo.com/?s=44624

Tracking info will show that the satellite has passed 5 west this will be corrected soon.

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Tracking will show that the satellite has passed 5 west this is a false reading & will be corrected soon,

al2003 said:

Tracking showing 5.9 west moving west.Is it false reading?

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Yes it is a false reading as mentioned in this thread the tracking is automatic & does not know when the satellite stops this will be manually corrected soon.

Eutelsat 5 West A is now 0.2° inclined so the change over to Eutelsat 5 West B cannot come soon enough.
https://www.lyngsat.com/atlantic.html

william-1 said:

Yes it is a false reading as mentioned in this thread the tracking is automatic & does not know when the satellite stops this will be manually corrected soon.

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Tracking has been corrected :thum:

https://www.n2yo.com/?s=44624

Paris, 17 January, 2020 – On October 24, 2019, Eutelsat announced an investigation into a malfunction on one of the two solar arrays on its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite. Pursuant to this investigation, the loss of the satellite’s South solar array has been confirmed. With the exception of the South solar array, the satellite performance remains nominal.

The attendant power loss means c.45% of the capacity of the satellite can be operated.

The satellite is now expected to enter commercial service later in January and is expected to meet the designed life time.

https://news.eutelsat.com/pressreleases/update-on-eutelsat-5-west-b-status-2961716

It still looks like a back up satellite will be required here to fulfil the transponder contracts assigned to 5 west,
The move by Mediasat to 9B @ 9 east may only be temporary measure,
Eutelsat Quantum was built for this specific purpose to back up or replace a damaged satellite.

https://www.sat-universe.com/showthread.php?t=301096

Eutelsat 5 West B New Ku band satellite starting 20 to 21 January 2020 @ 5 west.

Mediasat migration from 5 west begins.

Eutelsat’s mitigation plan for the lost capacity also includes optimizing the capacity on Eutelsat 5 West B, and shifting customers to satellites at other orbital locations. The company estimates it will incur up to 10 million euros in antenna repointing costs as it redirects customer dishes to link with other satellites.

https://spacenews.com/power-loss-halves-eutelsat-5-west-b-capacity-hosted-payload-spared/

Mediasat will remain on 5 West A for some time 0.2 inclined orbit as it is going to take a while to relocate all the customers dishes to 9 East,

I will not be surprised if 7A moves to 5 West for a couple of years this has to be a cheaper & better solution to the current problem.

antrabe said:

what about the french package will remain or also be moved to 9º

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The French package's will move tonight to Eutelsat 5 West B @ 5 west.
If you read through this thread you will see that this has already been mentioned.

Mediasat will remain on 5 West A for some time 0.2 inclined orbit this will buy enough time for 7A to move to 5 west for a couple of years this has to be a cheaper & better solution to the current problem.

As it is going to take a while to relocate all the customers dishes to 9 East I cannot see this happening in the short term.