XM-4 Ready to Join Rock and Roll Satellites
Sea Launch is now preparing for the launch of the XM-4 satellite on 26 October 2006, at 23:49 GMT. Here’s the feed from their webcam:
Live broadcast of the launch will be available in North America via the AMC-3 satellite’s Ku-band payload, transponder 18. The satellite is located at 87 degrees West Longitude. Here are the particulars:
Downlink Frequency: 12064 Mhz Vertical
DIGITAL PARAMETERS: 4:2:0 FEC: 3 / 4 Symbol Rate: 6.1113
Audios: Audio channel 1 / Audio channel 2 = Program Mix ( English)
Standard: 525 NTSC
Transmission test begins at 23:00 GMT, with the live transmission beginning at 23:35. Launch window opens at 23:49 and closes 00:57 on 27 October 2006.
Or you can watch the webcast.