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'Zombie' Satellite Returns To Life

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-a-trick,-run dept.

realperseus writes "The American telecommunications satellite Galaxy 15 has been brought under control after spending most of the year traversing the sky and wreaking havoc upon its neighbors. The satellite is currently at 98.5 degrees west longitude (from 133 west). An emergency patch was successfully uploaded, ensuring that the conditions which caused it to 'go rogue' will not occur again. Once diagnosis and testing have been completed, Intelsat plans to move the satellite back to 133 west."

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  1. 133 west by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    aka 133t status

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  2. Drat by JustOK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Drat! Foiled again.

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  3. Technically... by mandark1967 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It wasn't a Zombie satellite. Zombies remain dead. Plus, it didn't incessantly transmit the message, "BRAINS! It's what's for dinner!"

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  4. Nuke it from the ground by Stele · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the only way to be sure.

  5. Windoze on Board? by Identita · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We have placed Galaxy 15 in safe mode, and at this time, we are pleased to report it no longer poses any threat of satellite interference to either neighboring satellites or customer services," Intelsat officials announced." Unknown to anyone, the last shuttle launch had a secret space walk in order to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL on the sat's terminal.