What is the latest on Nimiq 4?

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So far, so good, for the Inmarsat-4 F3 launch yesterday. Watch this site for news on the Nimiq 4 launch.

-Mike
 
Curious to know on what % of subscribers do live south of the border?

I could never figure out why someone in Denver or Phoenix can't receive certian transponders when others whove further south east of them can. Are the satellites placed in a diangled position which cuts the foot print off over the southwest but is fine over the southeast US??
 
I am wondering if anyone has anything bigger they can try, and also perhaps more to the north.
 
Too late - 72.7 along with the satellite @ 61.5 and one to be launched to 77 have become part of Dishnetwork's "Eastern Arc"

http://investor.echostar.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=330196
 
Oh yes. There sure is an increase in Transponder strength on many of the odd TP's as noted from others.
Compared to Sept 20th on a clear day, many went up as much as 22 points for me. TP 27 and 31 went up the least but are pushing 98%.

TP % Increase

1 96 15
5 94 16
7 100 21
11 100 19
13 95 17
15 98 14
17 95 17
19 100 20
21 95 16
23 100 22
27 98 8
29 93 15
31 98 6

Ones like TP 25 I had in the mid 90's in both cases.
 
Please post the city and state that you live in with the dish size and signal level on each transponder that you get on the new Nimiq 4 at 82 degree.
I presently only get transponder 2 which is at 92 percent on my 30inch dish in Hallandale , Floirda.
 
It appears that Echostar is moving their Echostar 6 satellite to Telesat's 72.7 location now, where it will use about 1/2 of the capacity of the satellite. Nimiq 5 will eventually replace this temporary satellite. See http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/servlet/ib.page.FetchAttachment?attachment_key=651373

-Mike
 
So I'm curious who does what, next? Is ILS in control of the satellite and how long before Telesat takes control?

-Mike
 
If N4 is parked right next to N2 say a mile apart, why would we not be able to reposition the dish and pick up the signal?

If they are spot beaming the N4 signal could it be because its not in the 82 slot?? Maybe at 72??

I guess I have nothing to loose at this point do I?? Or do you feel this is a waste of time?
 
I have a question for the satellite experts here. If Dish is able to use the 77 degree slot for their Eastern Arc coverage, and assuming it does not cause interference, couldn't Bell get permission to use the slot between 82 and 91 degrees? Perhaps they could move Nimiq 2 there?

-Mike
 
I would hope so.

There cannot be that many 6000 models out there and there was already talk last year of a swap out for the 6100 & 9200's when Bell TV go MPEG4, so yes, I would like to see a swap out of the 6000's to 6141's, then switch over to 8PSK.

Just because it makes sense to me, does not mean the same for Bell. We will just have to wait and see.
 
anyone left in the US getting any thing from the 82 bird?

if so, please post your TP signal strength and your approx location in CONUS so we can map this new footprint. also we need to know your exact antenna size, because alot of testers use bigger dishes and that may obscure the results.
 
New Telesat satellite could face delays

Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Troubles at a Russian launch site could push the flight of a new Nimiq satellite into 2009, increasing pressure on Telesat Canada and its U.S. owner.

However, a few sites are listing September/08 as a possible launch date for Nimiq 4. Hard to know if that's a guess or a scheduled launch date. See http://www.flysat.com/launches.php.

-Mike
 
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I agree on the last comment.

MPEG4 was doable on N2. I mean it is just a matter of what compression to use at the uplink,... but as we all know, Bell has many receivers out there that are MPEG2 only including the 9200 - for now. For 8PSK, it is my understanding that a higher power bird was required to process this type of modulation and that Nimiq 4 can handle it and Nimiq 2 could not. But now we have the 6000 receivers out there that cannot process 8PSK.

As for rain fade in the west coast, the higher signal levels we are seeing now, I would think would address that even though we are still running MPEG2/QSPK.

So we have gained a high power sat with all 32 transponders working. A good start for Canadian subs.
 
Large trees just west of 91 satellite so I am unable to pick up most of the Directv and Dish Network satellites and I hated my cable provider Comcast. I also like British shows and you can't get many of them in America even with BBC America. I like the news but CNN, Fox, MSNBC are all a complete waste of time. Canadian news and BBC World are much better. I like English premier league and I can get Setanta, TSN has a game on Saturday, Score has HD game on Sunday.

The only thing I hate about Canadian tv is that the American version of Cash Cab on discovery channel is much better.
 
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