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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. Re:Direct-to-user-programming? by Anonymous+Writer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Does that mean the satellite is programming user brains with commercials?

    Keep your tinfoil hat on just in case. Informative mod, please.