Accident Eutelsat W2: New support for 16E - Eutelsat SESAT
French satellite operator Eutelsat solves a complicated technical problem - an unexpected interruption of the distribution of programs by satellite Eutelsat W2 at position 16 ° E. Satellite ceased to spread signals in Wednesday, 27.1.2010 after 21 hour.
During Thursday morning 28.1 managed to partially restore the operation of some services - notably the band transponders from 10.95 to 12.75 GHz in vertical polarization + a multiplex with horizontal polarization. Other capacity could not be restored. Apparently it remain so. Follows from today's observations Eutelsat SA satellite operator offers space on other satellites. There are already using such stations Footschool and Kurdistan TV.
Orbital position of 16 degrees east coincidentally gets reinforcements - in this location will operate from Friday, 29/1/2010 SESAT Eutelsat satellite, which had previously worked as 36 ° E, which is no longer needed. Services for SESAT here took a new telecommunications satellite Eutelsat W7.
The accident Eutelsat W2 brought today a comprehensive report in the main session reporting the news channel TV Nova. Satellite is used to distribute news reports, British Sky News, BBC as well as Czech and Slovak TV Nova Markíza. It is (was) used for satellite DTH (direct to home) platforms for Central and Eastern Europe - Total TV Serbia, Slovenia STN, DigitAlb Albanian, Bulgarian ITV Partner, Romania TVR public, commercial National TV and many other providers.
This means that Friday will be in position 16 ° E to work three (almost) outgoing satellites - Eutelsat W2 with technical anomalies over Eurobird 16A and the new Eutelsat SESAT, who apparently with the satellite service to get new business signs.
Capacity on Eutelsat W2 from the perspective of the Czech and Slovak market has benefited from the distribution package of DTC (direct to cable) Sony Pictures International with channels AXN, AXN Crime and AXN Sci-Fi audio track with a Czech, the Czech-Slovak version of Fashion TV, and music-documentary channel Nat Geo Music. AXN channels used to distribute the neighboring 16A Eurobird (15.8 ° E), so that the cable operators enough retune the receiver to the new frequency. Nat Geo Music is broadcast from accidental temporarily FTA W2 satellite at 13 ° E in the packet Sky Italia.
The capacity problem for the position of Eutelsat 16 ° E Eutelsat solve W3B new satellite, which will be delivered late in 2010 using the Chinese carrier rocket Long March 3B
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