Yahsat’s Technical Support

Yahsat’s Technical Support section provides clients and service partners the critical information about our satellite fleet coordinates so they may adjust and fine-tune equipment for optimal range and coverage. This includes a Look Angle Calculator, Centre of the Box data and Ephemeris data. In addition, Yahsat provides key information about global Sun Outage spots during different times of the year. For further information or additional technical support, please contact us on technicalsupport@yahsat.ae

Centre of the Box

Centre of box times valid until 15/10/2017 11:00:00

Cob times (utc) for y1a/ 52.50 DEG. E

Threshold 0.010 DEG

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START TIME END TIME DURATION (MIN)
2017/10/08 22:29 2017/10/09 01:28 178
2017/10/09 21:59 2017/10/10 01:30 211
2017/10/10 21:41 2017/10/11 00:58 197
2017/10/11 21:33 2017/10/12 00:50 196
2017/10/12 21:37 2017/10/13 00:57 200
2017/10/13 21:53 2017/10/14 01:28 215
2017/10/14 22:21 2017/10/15 01:09 168

Centre of the Box

Centre of box times valid until 16/10/2017 11:00:00

Cob times (utc) for y1b/ 47.60 DEG. E

Threshold 0.010 DEG

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START TIME END TIME DURATION (MIN)
2017/10/09 23:24 2017/10/10 00:51 87
2017/10/10 09:18 2017/10/10 10:03 45
2017/10/10 22:41 2017/10/11 00:45 124
2017/10/11 09:18 2017/10/11 10:44 86
2017/10/11 22:12 2017/10/12 00:39 147
2017/10/12 09:18 2017/10/12 11:07 110
2017/10/12 22:00 2017/10/13 00:33 153
2017/10/13 09:17 2017/10/13 11:14 117
2017/10/13 22:03 2017/10/14 00:27 144
2017/10/14 09:16 2017/10/14 11:04 108
2017/10/14 22:25 2017/10/15 00:21 117
2017/10/15 09:16 2017/10/15 10:37 82
2017/10/15 23:04 2017/10/16 00:15 71

Ephemeris Data

Gives the trajectory of naturally occurring astronomical objects and satellites.

Weekly i11 data set valid until 15/10/2017 11:00:00

Subject: eleven parameter ephemeris for y1a/ 52.50 DEG. E

The nominal orbital location for this satellite is 52.50 DEG. E

The predicted satellite longitude and latitude at 170 hours after

Epoch are 52.5255 deg. E and -0.0017 deg. N

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC

YEAR MONTH DAY HOUR MINUTE SECOND
2017 10 08 09 00 00

LM0 LM1 LM2
DEG. E DEG/DAY DEG/DAY/DAY
52.5192 -0.0050 0.000655

LONC LONC1 LONS LONS1
DEG. E DEG/DAY DEG. E DEG/DAY
-0.0036 -0.0006 0.0265 -0.0002

LATC LATC1 LATS LATS1
DEG. N DEG/DAY DEG. N DEG/DAY
-0.0130 -0.0002 0.0163 0.0000

Sun Outage

An interruption in or distortion of geostationary satellite signals caused by interference of the sun.

Look Angle Calculator

Determines the azimuth and elevation angles for Yahsat’s satellites.

Station Coordinates

Elevation

Azimuth