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Satellite Glitch Leaves Northern Canada In the (Internet) Dark

Posted by timothy on from the back-to-gold-oil-and-moose dept.

zentigger writes "At approximately 06:36 EDT Thursday, October 6, 2011, the Anik F2 satellite experienced an attitude control issue and lost earth lock, affecting C, Ku and Ka services. The satellite went into safety mode and moved from pointing to the earth to pointing to the sun. This has put most of Northern Canada in the dark as all internet and phone services come in over F2."

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  1. Re:Don't worry, they're Canadians by na1led · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    they've always been in the Dark, so it's no big deal!

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