Es'hail-2 on the move.

[dh2va]

not sure what figures you are referring to but for all our purposes, there are only a few really important ones.
Lat/Lon should be ideally 0/26E, AZ/EL is probably obvious. Speed is given due to the geosync nature. All the things like Right Ascension, Declination and local sidereal time are not relevant for geosync satellite.

[g0mjw]

The 11.205 GHz beacon signal has got a lot stronger here and I am aligned on Badir-4 at 26E, so I think it's now in it's slot. It's fully quieting in FM bandwidths now. Every so often it has a few more "CW" carriers which I take to be ranging signals. Ignore the small carriers near the centre, they are local spurii.

Mike

[g4hiz]

Judging by the N2YO.com figures, over the last 12 hours or so, there appears to have been manoeuvres to insert the satellite into its slot, which I believe to be around 26E, although it could be closer to 25.5E to match Eshail-1. For stabilisation, ie arrival on-station, look for a longitude that appears to not change by more than about +/-0.05degrees over time. According to N2YO.com, as of 06.45 GMT, Eshail-2 was at 25.86E.

There is currently a 16kHz ranging tone in use, which is a coarse ranging tone. The flight controllers have also used 100kHz during IOT, which is a fine ranging tone. I wouldn't necessarily draw any inferences from which ranging tone may be in use, but 100kHz more often may indicate that they are nearer to target location.

However, arrival on-station doesn't mean that the satellite has finished testing, which may be ongoing for a while and any official availability may take some considerable time yet.

73 Jen

[DG8KD]

Hi,

according to Amsat-DL , the final position of Es`hail-2 will be at 25,9 degrees East,
so it is nearly at the final position.