Hi Ed. This is now Columbia 515 , and still "alive" but somewhat inclined. It was I think used as TDRS back up a couple of years ago .Now owned , as you say by SES Americom. (Last November we suspected that this might be the bird carrying military video comms , but that turned out to be Telstar 11 , also at 37.5 W) Havn't seen any activity from it in some time .Latest keps show it on station at 37.5 west , and presently just above the arc....incl 4+ degs A quick scan in C band reveals no activity on the analyser. Interestingly , Satcom C1 has moved along side Columbia in the last few days....and I suspect 515 will now be put to graveyard orbit. See http://www.ses-americom.com/satellites/515.html Regards, John. http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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