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Sixto Report-D11 Status: In Operation July 31, 2008
Now that the SeaLaunch segment is complete...
Let's restart the discussion here... and continue tracking D11 until we see the "signal strength" on our boxes for 99 #2
Edit: (tom robertson) D11 is live, sending test signals, will have MPEG4 versions of MPEG2 HD channels July 31 and new channels starting August 14!
Latest Official "Estimated" go live date is 3Q of 2008.
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Synopsis updated 7/31/2008 - Orbit Location (TLE) dated 8/1/2008
Status of the DirecTV-11 (D11) Satellite:- D11 is parked and "live".
- On 7/31/2008, the 9 legacy HD channels are MPEG4 (Ka) on D11:
- 206/73 - ESPN HD MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 720p
- 209/72 - ESPN2 HD MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 720p
- 245/75 - TNT HD MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 1080i
- 259/74 - Universal HD MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 1080i
- 281/76 - HD Theater (was Discovery HD Theater) MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 1080i
- 306/79 - HDNet MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 1080i
- 501/70 - HBO East HD MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 1080i
- 537/71 - Showtime East HD MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 1080i
- 552/78 - HDNet Movies (a,u) MPEG4(Ka)/MPEG2(Ku) 1080i
- On 8/14/2008, expecting that there will be 35 new HD channels. Informed analysis seems to indicate 12 new full-time RSN's, 6 new HD PPV, and 17 new national HD including Showtime Extreme HD, Showtime Showcase HD, Planet Green HD, and ABC Family HD.
Progress of DirecTV-11:- On 3/19/2008, DirecTV-11 launched from the equator via SeaLaunch towards a circular "geostationary orbit" (35,786km altitude at the equator) at the "test" location of 99.4°. After launch, the satellite was in an elliptical (non-circular) orbit at the equator with a low (perigee) altitude of 243km and a high (apogee) altitude of 36,067km.
- From 3/19/2008 thru late-May, the low point of D11's orbit (the "perigee") was raised day-by-day to the geostationary altitude of 35,786km, while at the same time conserving fuel throughout the process.
- On 5/25/2008 (Day#67), D11 arrived at the 99.4° geostationary "test" location. Testing was expected at 99.4° for up to 30 days.
- On 6/13/2008 (Day#86), D11 arrived at a 2nd test location (at 100.7°) to test an "experimental BSS payload" for the interaction of 17/24 GHz BSS with regular operations at 101°.
- On 7/7/2008 (Day#109), the FCC approved a two day test (between 7/7/2008-7/11/2008) to conduct an in-orbit spot beam test at 100.7°.
- Until 7/18/2008 (Day#120), D11 was testing an "experimental BSS payload" for up to 120 days (from 5/15/2008) at 100.7° (details in FCC Filing 6/13/2008 below).
- On 7/21/2008 (Day#123), Boeing announced that DirecTV had taken on-orbit delivery of D11.
- On 7/21/2008 (Day#123), D11 reached the 99.2° location with D11 listed in the HD receiver satellite transponder signal strength screens as "99(c)" on the HR2x DVR's and "99(a)" on the H2x receivers.
- On 7/22/2008 (Day#124), D11 began transmitting a solid signal on all 14 national transponders (1-14) and transponder tuning/tweaking is underway.
- On 7/26/2008 (Day#128), it appears that 40 hidden "test" channels are now transmitting from D11: the 9 Legacy HD channels, 8 HD DNS (East & West), 1 "Movie's Now", 12 HD RSN's now full-time, 6 PPV HD and 2 other HD (Toon, MSG) moving from D10, and 2 new HD (Fox News HD, ABC Family HD). "Test" channels are only viewable with special engineering cards.
- On 7/28/2008, DirecTV announced the initial D11 rollout plan (http://directv.com/DTVAPP/global/con...setId=P4800004). By the end of July, the 9 legacy HD channels will be available in Ka MPEG4.
- On 7/28/2008, DirecTV announced 44 new HD Local-in-Local Markets: http://directv.com/DTVAPP/global/con...setId=P4800002
- Awaiting new national HD channels on 8/14/2008.
- The current DirecTV HD listing can be found here: http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.ph...78#post1191378
- Please post any questions to this thread. There are some very smart and knowledgeable experts lurking ...
Possible plans for DirecTV-11 (original):- Balancing of HD channels between DirecTV-10 (D10) and DirecTV-11 (D11)
- Movement of the 9 Legacy Ku MPEG2 national HD channels to Ka MPEG4
- 74 - Universal HD
- 78 - HDNet Movies
- 79 - HDNet
- 206/73 - ESPN HD
- 209/72 - ESPN2 HD
- 245/75 - TNT HD
- 281/76 - HD Theater (was Discovery HD Theater)
- 501/70/509 - HBO East HD
- 537/71/543 - Showtime East HD
- Add additional HBO HD premium channels (per the previous HBO announcement)
- All of the future premium sports packages will be Ka MPEG4 (ex: Sunday Ticket, ...)
- East and West HD DNS' all to Ka MPEG4 (West MPEG4 "live" now on Ku)
- 99 - PPV HD (MPEG2) eventually shut down
- A few HD channels may be waiting for D11 to be fully tested before added to D10
- Many more HD channels will be available (Travel Channel HD, Fox News HD, more HD movie premiums, ...)
- New HD VOD options (pre-downloaded content to DirecTV managed harddisk space)
- Many more HD Local-In-Local (at least 121 HD LIL's by year-end 2008 - 88% of the U.S.)
Two Line Element (TLE) Format:A NORAD two-line element (TLE) set consists of two 69-character lines of data which describe in detail a spacecraft's trajectory around the earth. Calculated and published by the U.S. government regularly.
http://celestrak.com/columns/v04n03/
http://www.space-track.org/tle_format.html) Current D11 TLE & Orbital History:
Code:
DirecTV-11(TLE135)
1 32729U 08013A 08214.23405301 -.00000141 00000-0 00000+0 0 1356
2 32729 000.0208 092.0612 0001405 133.9712 069.1766 01.00270629 1464
NORAD # 32729
COSPAR designator 2008-013-A
Epoch (UTC) 08-01-2008 05:37:02
Orbit # at Epoch 146
Inclination 0.021
RA of A. Node 92.061
Eccentricity 0.0001405
Argument of Perigee 133.971
Revs per day 1.00270629
Period 23h 56m 06s (1436.10 min)
Semi-major axis 42 165 km
Perigee x Apogee 35 781 x 35 793 km
Element number / age 135 / 0 day(s)
Lon 99.2163° W
Lat 0.0243° S
Alt (km) 35 784.310
Perigee(bottom of orbit) x Apogee(top of orbit) - Target is 35,786 x 35,786 km (Circular)
TLE#135(08-01-2008 05:37:02) 35,781 x 35,793 km (+47.1 hours,at 134.5 days, 99.22°)
TLE#134(07-30-2008 06:33:57) 35,779 x 35,795 km (+47.6 hours,at 132.5 days, 99.21°)
TLE#133(07-28-2008 06:57:49) 35,779 x 35,795 km (+19.5 hours,at 130.6 days, 99.21°)
TLE#132(07-27-2008 11:26:19) 35,779 x 35,795 km (+27.4 hours,at 129.7 days, 99.21°)
TLE#131(07-26-2008 08:01:32) 35,779 x 35,794 km (+ 0.0 hours,at 128.6 days, 99.20°)
TLE#130(07-26-2008 08:01:32) 35,767 x 35,783 km (+113.6hours,at 128.6 days, 99.21°)
TLE#129(07-21-2008 14:24:00) 35,778 x 35,794 km (+147.6hours,at 123.9 days, 99.21°)
TLE#128(07-15-2008 10:46:32) 35,785 x 35,787 km (+96.6 hours,at 117.7 days, 100.68°)
TLE#129(07-11-2008 10:11:30) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+22.0 hours,at 113.7 days, 100.73°)
TLE#127(07-10-2008 12:13:58) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+25.1 hours,at 112.8 days, 100.72°)
TLE#126(07-09-2008 11:08:35) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+22.1 hours,at 111.7 days, 100.72°)
TLE#125(07-08-2008 13:01:34) 35,787 x 35,787 km (+ 5.8 hours,at 110.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#124(07-08-2008 07:15:17) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+47.5 hours,at 110.6 days, 100.71°)
TLE#123(07-06-2008 07:42:35) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+48.8 hours,at 108.6 days, 100.70°)
TLE#122(07-04-2008 06:55:23) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+19.9 hours,at 106.6 days, 100.70°)
TLE#121(07-03-2008 10:59:40) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+46.7 hours,at 105.7 days, 100.70°)
TLE#120(07-01-2008 12:15:56) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+26.4 hours,at 103.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#119(06-30-2008 09:54:50) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+45.4 hours,at 102.7 days, 100.70°)
TLE#118(06-28-2008 12:32:34) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+27.6 hours,at 100.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#117(06-27-2008 08:55:40) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+44.0 hours, at 99.6 days, 100.70°)
TLE#116(06-25-2008 12:58:19) 35,784 x 35,790 km (+ 4.9 hours, at 97.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#115(06-25-2008 08:06:13) 35,783 x 35,791 km (+20.0 hours, at 97.6 days, 100.70°)
TLE#114(06-24-2008 12:07:52) 35,784 x 35,791 km (+22.9 hours, at 96.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#113(06-23-2008 13:11:09) 35,781 x 35,791 km (+ 8.0 hours, at 95.8 days, 100.69°)
TLE#112(06-23-2008 05:12:38) 35,782 x 35,791 km (+ 1.7 hours, at 95.5 days, 100.68°)
TLE#111(06-23-2008 03:28:49) 35,782 x 35,791 km (+12.4 hours, at 95.4 days, 100.68°)
TLE#110(06-22-2008 15:07:36) 35,781 x 35,791 km (+50.1 hours, at 94.9 days, 100.69°)
TLE#109(06-20-2008 12:58:38) 35,783 x 35,790 km (+51.8 hours, at 92.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#108(06-18-2008 09:13:27) 35,783 x 35,790 km (+42.3 hours, at 90.7 days, 100.69°)
TLE#107(06-16-2008 14:56:50) 35,783 x 35,790 km (+25.7 hours, at 88.9 days, 100.70°)
TLE#106(06-15-2008 13:13:20) 35,783 x 35,790 km (+ 1.3 hours, at 87.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#105(06-15-2008 11:58:07) 35,783 x 35,790 km (+19.6 hours, at 87.8 days, 100.70°)
TLE#104(06-14-2008 16:20:15) 35,784 x 35,789 km (+25.9 hours, at 87.0 days, 100.70°)
TLE#103(06-13-2008 14:24:00) 35,790 x 35,800 km (+28.5 hours, at 85.9 days, 100.69°)
TLE#102(06-12-2008 09:52:32) 35,796 x 35,839 km (+ 1.4 hours, at 84.7 days, 100.59°)
TLE#101(06-12-2008 08:27:28) 35,800 x 35,858 km (+18.0 hours, at 84.6 days, 100.58°)
TLE#100(06-11-2008 14:29:40) 35,801 x 35,858 km (+53.0 hours, at 83.9 days, 100.08°)
TLE#99 (06-09-2008 09:30:24) 35,787 x 35,788 km (+41.5 hours, at 81.7 days, 99.48°)
TLE#98 (06-07-2008 16:01:47) 35,786 x 35,789 km (+13.1 hours, at 79.9 days, 99.47°)
TLE#97 (06-07-2008 02:57:49) 35,786 x 35,789 km (+ 7.1 hours, at 79.4 days, 99.47°)
TLE#96 (06-06-2008 19:53:36) 35,786 x 35,789 km (+11.7 hours, at 79.1 days, 99.46°)
TLE#95 (06-06-2008 08:10:36) 35,787 x 35,788 km (+45.2 hours, at 78.6 days, 99.46°)
TLE#94 (06-04-2008 10:56:07) 35,787 x 35,788 km (+41.5 hours, at 76.7 days, 99.45°)
TLE#92 (06-02-2008 17:23:25) 35,787 x 35,787 km (+ 7.6 hours, at 75.0 days, 99.44°)
TLE#93 (06-02-2008 09:46:47) 35,786 x 35,788 km (+24.4 hours, at 74.7 days, 99.44°)
TLE#91 (06-01-2008 09:21:55) 35,786 x 35,788 km (+24.8 hours, at 73.7 days, 99.43°)
TLE#90 (05-31-2008 08:32:28) 35,786 x 35,788 km (+21.6 hours, at 72.6 days, 99.43°)
TLE#89 (05-30-2008 10:59:25) 35,786 x 35,788 km (+24.3 hours, at 71.7 days, 99.42°)
TLE#88 (05-29-2008 10:43:26) 35,786 x 35,788 km (+25.0 hours, at 70.7 days, 99.42°)
TLE#87 (05-28-2008 09:42:18) 35,786 x 35,788 km (+23.3 hours, at 69.7 days, + 1km)
TLE#86 (05-27-2008 10:23:29) 35,785 x 35,789 km (+45.8 hours, at 68.7 days, - 1km)
TLE#85 (05-25-2008 12:37:10) 35,786 x 35,792 km (+27.0 hours, at 66.8 days, + 39km)
TLE#84 (05-24-2008 09:39:35) 35,747 x 35,804 km (+20.0 hours, at 65.7 days, + 8km)
TLE#83 (05-23-2008 13:38:44) 35,739 x 35,884 km (+ 1.6 hours, at 64.8 days, - 9km)
TLE#82 (05-23-2008 12:00:00) 35,748 x 35,888 km (+24.2 hours, at 64.8 days, +148km)
TLE#81 (05-22-2008 11:46:38) 35,600 x 36,052 km (+ 1.3 hours, at 63.8 days, +159km)
TLE#80 (05-22-2008 10:28:36) 35,441 x 36,299 km (+24.8 hours, at 63.7 days, - 55km)
TLE#79 (05-21-2008 09:39:31) 35,496 x 36,217 km (+ 0.0 hours, at 62.7 days, + 0km)
TLE#78 (05-21-2008 09:39:31) 35,496 x 36,217 km (+22.8 hours, at 62.7 days, +146km)
TLE#77 (05-20-2008 10:51:25) 35,350 x 36,345 km (+ 9.4 hours, at 61.7 days, - 2km)
TLE#76 (05-20-2008 01:27:30) 35,352 x 36,444 km (+11.9 hours, at 61.3 days, +146km)
TLE#75 (05-19-2008 13:35:22) 35,206 x 36,441 km (+57.5 hours, at 60.8 days, +318km)
TLE#74 (05-17-2008 04:04:35) 34,888 x 36,903 km (+ 9.2 hours, at 58.4 days, + 95km)
TLE#73 (05-16-2008 18:54:33) 34,793 x 36,906 km (+30.5 hours, at 58.1 days, +183km)
TLE#72 (05-15-2008 12:22:25) 34,610 x 37,078 km (+23.0 hours, at 56.8 days, +187km)
TLE#71 (05-14-2008 13:20:38) 34,423 x 37,211 km (+36.0 hours, at 55.8 days, + 58km)
TLE#70 (05-13-2008 01:23:27) 34,365 x 37,443 km (+ 0.0 hours, at 54.3 days, +187km)
TLE#69 (05-13-2008 01:23:27) 34,178 x 37,605 km (+38.1 hours, at 54.3 days, + 67km)
TLE#68 (05-11-2008 11:17:31) 34,111 x 37,722 km (+39.6 hours, at 52.7 days, +123km)
TLE#67 (05-09-2008 19:41:00) 33,988 x 37,798 km (+16.9 hours, at 51.1 days, +264km)
TLE#66 (05-09-2008 02:49:27) 33,724 x 38,069 km (+23.5 hours, at 50.4 days, - 35km)
TLE#65 (05-08-2008 03:18:37) 33,759 x 38,125 km (+13.7 hours, at 49.4 days, +163km)
TLE#64 (05-07-2008 13:35:43) 33,596 x 38,136 km (+21.8 hours, at 48.8 days, +138km)
TLE#63 (05-06-2008 15:49:00) 33,458 x 38,289 km (+12.9 hours, at 47.9 days, + 18km)
TLE#62 (05-06-2008 02:52:37) 33,440 x 38,444 km (+14.9 hours, at 47.4 days, +164km)
TLE#61 (05-05-2008 12:00:00) 33,276 x 38,434 km (+53.6 hours, at 46.8 days, +300km)
TLE#60 (05-03-2008 06:26:40) 32,976 x 38,782 km (+42.4 hours, at 44.5 days, +244km)
TLE#57 (05-01-2008 12:00:00) 32,732 x 38,987 km (+ 1.1 hours, at 42.8 days, + 14km)
TLE#59 (05-01-2008 10:53:37) 32,718 x 38,919 km (+ 2.0 hours, at 42.7 days, - 4km)
TLE#58 (05-01-2008 08:56:17) 32,722 x 38,942 km (+ 4.7 hours, at 42.6 days, - 10km)
TLE#56 (05-01-2008 04:12:03) 32,732 x 39,025 km (+ 5.9 hours, at 42.4 days, + 26km)
TLE#55 (04-30-2008 22:20:17) 32,706 x 39,086 km (+ 7.7 hours, at 42.2 days, +108km)
TLE#54 (04-30-2008 14:38:43) 32,598 x 39,086 km (+17.8 hours, at 41.9 days, +313km)
TLE#53 (04-29-2008 20:49:59) 32,285 x 39,398 km (+33.8 hours, at 41.1 days, - 17km)
TLE#52 (04-28-2008 10:59:43) 32,302 x 39,428 km (+66.2 hours, at 39.7 days, +436km)
TLE#50 (04-25-2008 16:48:00) 31,867 x 39,844 km (+ .4 hours, at 37.0 days, + 1km)
TLE#51 (04-25-2008 16:26:46) 31,866 x 39,844 km (+23.6 hours, at 37.0 days, +125km)
TLE#49 (04-24-2008 16:48:00) 31,742 x 39,996 km (+ 3.0 hours, at 36.0 days, + 82km)
TLE#48 (04-24-2008 13:48:32) 31,660 x 39,991 km (+34.6 hours, at 35.8 days, +291km)
TLE#47 (04-23-2008 03:14:51) 31,369 x 40,366 km (+30.1 hours, at 34.4 days, + 60km)
TLE#46 (04-21-2008 21:09:43) 31,309 x 40,411 km (+18.5 hours, at 33.2 days, +194km)
TLE#45 (04-21-2008 02:40:29) 31,115 x 40,623 km (+45.1 hours, at 32.4 days, +232km)
TLE#44 (04-19-2008 05:36:47) 30,883 x 40,871 km (+34.0 hours, at 30.5 days, +268km)
TLE#43 (04-17-2008 19:35:55) 30,615 x 41,065 km (+22.0 hours, at 29.1 days)
TLE#41 (04-16-2008 21:36:00) 30,594 x 41,101 km (+11.6 hours, at 28.2 days)
TLE#42 (04-16-2008 09:58:47) 30,531 x 41,110 km (+12.4 hours, at 27.7 days)
TLE#40 (04-15-2008 21:36:00) 30,507 x 41,115 km (+12.8 hours, at 27.2 days)
TLE#39 (04-15-2008 08:47:18) 30,387 x 41,123 km (+12.4 hours, at 26.6 days)
TLE#38 (04-14-2008 20:24:00) 30,345 x 41,133 km (+ 6.0 hours, at 26.1 days)
TLE#37 (04-14-2008 14:24:00) 30,244 x 41,132 km (+24.3 hours, at 25.9 days)
TLE#36 (04-13-2008 14:01:40) 30,244 x 41,142 km (+ 0.0 hours, at 24.9 days)
TLE#35 (04-13-2008 14:01:40) 30,245 x 41,151 km (+23.8 hours, at 24.9 days)
TLE#34 (04-12-2008 14:11:58) 30,007 x 41,174 km (+23.7 hours, at 23.9 days)
TLE#33 (04-11-2008 14:29:18) 29,861 x 41,195 km (+23.7 hours, at 22.9 days)
TLE#32 (04-10-2008 14:45:58) 29,864 x 41,198 km (+23.7 hours, at 21.9 days)
TLE#31 (04-09-2008 15:06:01) 29,723 x 41,211 km (+ 2.4 hours, at 20.9 days)
TLE#30 (04-09-2008 12:42:41) 29,623 x 41,226 km (+25.8 hours, at 20.8 days)
TLE#29 (04-08-2008 10:52:07) 29,622 x 41,228 km (+19.0 hours, at 19.7 days)
TLE#28 (04-07-2008 15:50:52) 29,622 x 41,228 km (+ 0.0 hours, at 18.9 days)
TLE#27 (04-07-2008 15:50:51) 29,621 x 41,228 km (+23.6 hours, at 18.9 days)
TLE#26 (04-06-2008 16:13:19) 29,621 x 41,228 km (+ 2.9 hours, at 17.9 days)
TLE#25 (04-06-2008 13:20:15) 29,621 x 41,228 km (+20.7 hours, at 17.8 days)
TLE#24 (04-05-2008 16:35:47) 29,621 x 41,228 km (+ 3.7 hours, at 17.0 days)
TLE#23 (04-05-2008 12:54:59) 29,622 x 41,228 km (+12.9 hours, at 16.8 days)
TLE#22 (04-05-2008 00:00:00) 29,624 x 41,227 km (+ 6.2 hours, at 16.3 days)
TLE#20 (04-04-2008 17:49:08) 30,207 x 41,363 km (+ .3 hours, at 16.0 days)
TLE#19 (04-04-2008 17:31:12) 25,710 x 41,156 km (+ .5 hours, at 16.0 days)
TLE#21 (04-04-2008 16:59:06) 29,456 x 41,232 km (+62.6 hours, at 16.0 days)
TLE#18 (04-02-2008 02:24:00) 17,361 x 41,067 km (+ 7.8 hours, at 13.4 days)
TLE#17 (04-01-2008 18:36:37) 17,362 x 41,064 km (+18.8 hours, at 13.0 days)
TLE#16 (03-31-2008 23:48:51) 17,362 x 41,069 km (+ 3.4 hours, at 12.3 days)
TLE#15 (03-31-2008 20:24:00) 17,363 x 41,066 km (+40.8 hours, at 12.1 days)
TLE#14 (03-30-2008 03:37:02) 7,387 x 40,988 km (+29.5 hours, at 10.4 days)
TLE#13 (03-28-2008 22:06:17) 7,386 x 40,989 km (+ 5.3 hours, at 9.2 days)
TLE#12 (03-28-2008 16:48:00) 7,388 x 40,988 km (+23.9 hours, at 9.0 days)
TLE#11 (03-27-2008 16:54:12) 7,392 x 40,992 km (+12.2 hours, at 8.0 days)
TLE#10 (03-27-2008 04:40:22) 468 x 40,744 km (+12.2 hours, at 7.5 days)
TLE# 9 (03-26-2008 16:26:42) 468 x 40,742 km (+ 1.9 hours, at 7.0 days)
TLE# 8 (03-26-2008 14:30:15) 469 x 40,742 km (+ .1 hours, at 6.9 days)
TLE# 7 (03-26-2008 14:24:00) 474 x 40,738 km (+33.7 hours, at 6.9 days)
TLE# 6 (03-25-2008 04:40:59) 463 x 38,996 km (+11.9 hours, at 5.5 days)
TLE# 5 (03-24-2008 16:48:00) 473 x 38,991 km (+11.3 hours, at 5.0 days)
TLE# 4 (03-24-2008 05:32:23) 463 x 36,484 km (+87.6 hours, at 4.5 days)
TLE# 3 (03-20-2008 13:54:34) 268 x 36,474 km (+ 8.9 hours, at .9 days)
TLE# 2 (03-20-2008 04:58:00) 273 x 36,476 km (+11.5 hours, at .5 days)
TLE# 1 (03-19-2008 17:30:29) 243 x 36,067 km (Original)
9/9/2004 - Original D11 Technical Info - FCC Filing:http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/servlet/i...ent_key=-73809 10/10/2007 & 3/21/2008 - FCC Filings - D11 will transmit from 99.225° W.L. within 18.3-18.8 Ghz Range:10/10/2007: "DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC has filed a modification application to relocate its DIRECTV 11 satellite from its currently assigned location at 99.2 W.L. to 99.225 W.L., and to operate DIRECTV 11 in the 29.25-29.5 GHz, 28.35-28.6 GHz frequencies for Earth-to-Space transmissions and the 18.3-18.8 GHz frequency band for Space-to-Earth transmissions."
3/21/2008: "On March 19, 2008, the Policy Branch granted with conditions DIRECTV Enterprises, Inc.'s request for modification for the DIRECTV 11 satellite. Accordingly, DIRECTV is authorized to relocate the DIRECTV 11 satellite from the 99.200° W.L. orbital location to the 99.225º W.L. orbital location and to operate at that location in the Ka-band (18.3-18.8/19.7-20.2 GHz (Downlink) and 28.35-28.60/29.25-30.00 GHz (Uplink)). This authorization is granted in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in the application, the attachment to the grant, and the Commission's rules."
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...A-08-608A1.pdf 3/19/2008 - SeaLaunch Mission Page (Photo's Below): http://www.sea-launch.com/past_directv-11.html
3/19/2008 - Launch Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QFZjYzk3RI0
5/23/2008 - FCC Filings - D11 to conduct testing from 99.4° W.L. within 18.3-18.8 Ghz Range:"On May 20, 2008, the Policy Branch granted with conditions DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (DIRECTV) request for special temporary authority for a period of 30 days commencing on May 25, 2008, to operate the DIRECTV 11 satellite (Call Sign: S2640) from the 99.4° WL orbital location to conduct in-orbit testing using the 18.3-18.8 GHz (Space-to-earth) and 28.35-28.6 GHz and 29.25-29.5 (Earth-to-Space) and to conduct telemetry, tracking and control operations necessary to maintain the satellite at the 99.4° WL orbital location in accordance with the terms, conditions, and technical specifications set forth in DIRECTV’s application, the attachment to grant, and the Commission’s rules." 6/13/2008 - FCC Filings (from 10/31/2007) - Experimental 17/24 GHz BSS Communications Payload on DIRECTV 11:"In order to help develop operational data on this band, DIRECTV has added to DIRECTV 11 an experimental payload operating in the 17.3-17.7 GHz (downlink) and 24.75-25.15 GHz (uplink) bands. It has been granted an STA to operate at 100.7° W.L. ± 0.3° in order to test the interaction of 17/24 GHz BSS and Direct Broadcast Satellite (“DBS”) operations in close proximity near 101° W.L."
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=85637&x=
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=89556&x= 7/1/2008 & 7/7/2008 - FCC Filing - Single Ka-band beam testing at 100.7°:"DIRECTV .. hereby requests Special Temporary Authority ... to conduct in-orbit testing ... of a single Ka-band beam ... at the 100.7° W.L. orbital location for a period of approximately two days during the week of July 7-11."
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/servlet/ib....nt_key=-150543
"On July 7, 2008, the Satellite Policy Branch granted special temporary authority to DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC (DIRECTV) for a period of two days between July 7, 2008 and July 11, 2008, to conduct in-orbit testing of DIRECTV 11 satellite using the 29.437 GHz uplink (Earth-to-space) and 18.732 GHz downlink (space-to-Earth) frequencies at the 100.7 W.L. orbital location, using the Los Angeles downlink spot beam ..."
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...-08-1637A1.pdf
7/21/2008 - Press Release - DirecTV has taken on-orbit delivery of D11:"The Boeing Company today announced that DIRECTV Inc. has taken on-orbit delivery of the DIRECTV 11 satellite ..."
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...80721b_nr.html
Tracking (Simulated): http://www.n2yo.com/?s=32729Note: The n2yo site shows the simulated path of D11 based on the last D11 TLE. "Live Tracking" is not really "live", but rather an extrapolation based on the last TLE. Also, the n2yo site does not always have the latest TLE. There can be several hours before the n2yo site updates with the latest TLE, and there can be several days between official TLE's.
Tracking (Pictorial View): http://heavens-above.com/orbitdispla...d&alt=0&tz=EDT
Launch Photos:
High Resolution: http://www.sea-launch.com/mission_di...dtv11-wide.jpg
High Resolution: http://www.sea-launch.com/mission_di...dtv11-tall.jpgAttachment 13761
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Comparison of D10, Spaceway-1, and D11 Satellites during their move to geostationary:
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1 414 35813 18114 262 34097 17180 243 36067 18155
2 4919 35792 20356
3 4921 36526 20724 1061 34311 17686
4 4923 37127 21025 1058 34315 17687 463 36484 18474
6 8277 37105 22691 1067 37418 19243 463 38996 19730
7 17992 37082 27537 468 40742 20605
8 17994 37083 27539 1066 45481 23274 7392 40992 24192
10 31290 37120 34205 4538 45472 25005 7387 40988 24188
11 34206 37119 35663 10508 45520 28014
12 34100 37245 35673 21197 45466 33332 17363 41066 29215
13 34099 37129 35614 21197 45466 33332 17362 41064 29213
14 34088 37109 35599 25415 45483 35449
15 34085 37109 35597 25415 45470 35443
16 34088 37104 35596 26063 45474 35769 29456 41232 35344
17 34123 37099 35611 26097 45474 35786 29621 41228 35425
18 34179 37102 35641 26097 45475 35786 29621 41228 35425
19 34239 37050 35645 26098 45476 35787 29622 41228 35425
21 34449 37082 35766 26099 45480 35790 29723 41211 35467
24 34759 36906 35833 26218 45281 35750 30007 41174 35591
26 35111 36572 35842 26371 45197 35784 30345 41133 35739
29 34923 36787 35855 26903 44722 35813 30615 41065 35840
31 35603 36177 35890 27317 44295 35806 30883 40871 35877
32 35644 36057 35851 31115 40623 35869
33 35630 36051 35841 31309 40411 35860
34 35663 35964 35814 27342 44275 35809 31369 40366 35868
35 35740 35919 35830 27738 43839 35789 31660 39991 35826
36 35737 35864 35801 31742 39996 35869
37 35739 35876 35808 28120 43443 35782 31867 39844 35856
38 35742 35809 35776 27991 43578 35785
40 35784 35789 35787 28454 43005 35730 32302 39428 35865
41 35784 35787 35786 32285 39398 35842
42 28593 42985 35789 32598 39086 35842
45 29272 42297 35785 32976 38782 35879
47 33276 38434 35855
48 29769 41851 35810 33458 38289 35874
49 29918 41704 35811 33596 38136 35866
51 30054 41420 35737 33988 37798 35893
52 30271 41282 35777
53 34111 37722 35917
54 34365 37443 35904
56 30647 40926 35787 34423 37211 35817
57 30784 40711 35748 34610 37078 35844
58 30934 40566 35750 34793 36906 35850
60 30961 40636 35799
61 35206 36441 35824
62 35350 36345 35848
63 35496 36217 35857
64 31829 39718 35774 35600 36052 35826
65 31988 39539 35764 35739 35884 35812
66 32106 39528 35817 35747 35804 35776
67 32237 39403 35820 35786 35792 35789
69 32573 38958 35766 35785 35789 35787
70 32679 38954 35817 35786 35788 35787
72 33058 38503 35781
73 33136 38497 35817
74 33338 38206 35772
76 33642 37920 35781
77 33752 37796 35774
78 33226 38341 35784
80 33661 37942 35802
81 34201 37322 35762
83 34201 37307 35754
84 34713 36881 35797
85 34782 36735 35759
86 34999 36585 35792
87 34634 36970 35802
88 34847 36770 35809
92 34847 36770 35809
93 35763 35844 35804
97 35784 35790 35787
98 35783 35792 35788
99 35784 35790 35787
101 35784 35790 35787
102 35784 35790 35787
103 35784 35790 35787
105 35785 35789 35787
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What happens to the upper stage after separation? Is it forever space junk?
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Congrats to DirecTV and SeaLaunch.
Now it's in Boeings hands. Good Luck.
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Ok Boeing it's up to you. Good job Sea Launch
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What kind of security do they have to prevent others from hijacking the satellite?
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You'd need the secret code: 12345.
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Just aim your remote at D11 and push 0 2 4 6 8 slowly... 
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no they triple encrypt using PGP 
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Sea Launch did a great job with the launch. Their estimated Prelaunch orbit figures were either exact with actual orbit or only a difference of 2.8.
Estimated Perigee: 250
Actual Perigee:250
Estimated Apogee: 36482
Actual Apogee: 36484.8
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So far, so good. If someone would have told me just a few months ago that I'd have watched a satellite launch with such a degree of interest I'd have told them they were crazy.
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