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Intelsat-7 Lost In Space

Posted by timothy on from the treadstone-now-officially-down dept.

freitasm writes "The Intelsat-7 was reported lost today. The satellite covered the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Central America, and parts of South America. It was used to provide digital programming in the Cable Zone, direct-to-user programming, and Internet and data applications to North/Central/South America. The company is already working on the launch of Intelsat-8, scheduled for 17 December."

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  1. Quote from "Lost in space" by dark-br · · Score: 1, Insightful


    Penny Robinson: Never love anything, kiddo, you will just end up losing it.

    I guess it goes for lost satellites too...

  2. Re:It was Santa :D by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nowadays, who doesn't?

  3. Re:Yet more spacejunk floating about by sunking2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh please, it's not like it started zooming around in random directions. It's in exactly the same place it was before, it's just useless now. And besides, there's plenty of room up there. The chances of a plane falling on your head when you go outside is greater than this thing suddeny reaking havoc in the heavens.

  4. Re:What does this mean? by c0bw3b · · Score: 2, Insightful

    well I work at Comcast, and most of our Pay Per View stuff seems to have been handled by this satellite. No idea if service has been restored yet...

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