"Eutelsat reports that its W3A satellite, located at 7 degrees East, experienced an anomaly during a routine manoeuvre on 9 October at approximately 06.20am Paris time." Eutelsat. Following this the bird went into Sun pointing mode....but was back on line by late this afternoon. A very similar incident to that which befell W3A last year...but of course we are now approaching the peak of the eclipse period in Europe....and they may find it difficult to maintain a full service. Be interesting to see if they close down unimportant transponders through the night to conserve power. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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