Posted on 05/11/2010 11:49:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono
LONDON (AP) -- A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites' owners said Tuesday.
Communications company Intelsat said it lost control of the Galaxy 15 satellite on April 8....
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minor correction “The Shuttle’s maximum altitude is somewhere between 400 and 600 miles” Shuttle got close to 400 miles servicing Hubble.
I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a trunkload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched ’round and ’round ’til half-past down
There was fifty-seven channels and notin’ on
Well now home entertainment was my baby’s wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond
There’s fifty-seven channnels and nothin’ on
Well we might’ a made some friends with some billionaires
We might’ a got all nice and friendly
If we’d made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said “Bye-bye John
Our love is fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on”
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
’Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they bsted me for disturbin’ the almighty peace
Judge said “What you got in your defense son ?”
“Fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on”
I can see by your eyes friend you’re just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin’ on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin’...
oh boy what will we do without all the drag queens on the LOGO or the goofy movies from the canes network. Hey maybe people will start reading again
Pffft what good are coat haangers and tin foil without pliers to turn the darn thing on and change channels.
They’re calling it a “Zombie” satellite. Apparently it still has power, but they can’t get it to respond.
uh...there is no more ANALOG TV!
Maybe the Chi-coms will shoot it down since they’re known for that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6289519.stm
If I miss LOST tonight there’s going to be hell to pay ...
I always thought that they should have put multiple fail safe, dead man’s switch type circuitry on these birds. So in case what has now happened ever happened all the transponders would have simply died after a short period of time without ground control signals.
The dead man switches would not have been effected by any solar storm as they would have best been constructed mechanically or chemically, not dependent on a computer that might have failed.
I suppose the slight chance of fail safes malfunctioning and shutting down an expensive satellite was thought to be too much of a risk.
Now these two sats will be sending competing signals on the same frequency ranges to the ground, G15’s footprint might also drift from the US and begin to point elsewhere...not sure if the sats stabilization system is working or not.
SyFy network was on G15, it’s now on G12.
G12 has the same C band transponders as G15, but it lacks the L band gear of G15.
AMC 11, which may soon be blocked by the signal from G15 carries the following stuff.
AMC 11 © Lyngemark Satellite, last updated 2010-05-08 -
Hot Choice
In Demand 3
In Demand 4
In Demand 5
In Demand 2
In Demand 6
In Demand iControl Barker
In Demand PPV Barker
In Demand 7
In Demand 1
Lifetime Entertainment Services
Lifetime East
Lifetime West
Lifetime Movie Network
Lifetime Real Women
Lifetime Movie Network
Hallmark
Hallmark Channel US East
Hallmark Channel US West
Hallmark Movie Channel East
Hallmark Movie Channel West
Hallmark Channel US East
Hallmark Channel US West
Hallmark Movie Channel East [
Hallmark Movie Channel West
C-SPAN Radio
E! East
The Style Network East
G4 TV East
Food Network East
DIY Network USA
Fine Living Network USA
HGTV East
Food Network West
HGTV West
Great American Country
QVC HD
QVC US
A&E TV Networks
A&E West
History West
A&E East
History East [LyngSat Address] PowerVu 4 410 400 E
History en Español
Military History US
Crime & Investigation Network USA
The Weather Channel US
Catholic TV
MTV 2 East
MTV Jams
MTV Tr3s East
VH1 Classic East
VH1 Soul
CMT Pure Country
Nick Jr USA
TeenNick
Nicktoons USA
Nick Too
Logo East
MTV Hits US
The CW
Discovery
TLC East
TLC Canada
Discovery Familia
Discovery Health Channel West
HD Theater
TV Land East
TV Land West
CMT West
CMT East
Spike TV East
Nickelodeon West
MTV West
Spike TV West
Comedy Central West
Comedy Central East
VH1 West
Showtime East
Showtime 2 East
Showtime Showcase East
The Movie Channel East
Flix East
The Movie Channel Xtra East
Showtime Beyond East
Showtime Extreme East
Showtime Next East
Showtime Family East
Showtime Women East
CMT West
MTV West
Nickelodeon East
VH1 East
Comedy Central East
Spike TV West
Discovery Health Channel East
Discovery Kids USA
The Science Channel
Planet Green
Investigation Discovery USA
BBC America
Military Channel USA
Fit TV
Discovery en Español
Bravo East
Chiller
CNBC World
WNBC-TV (NBC - New York)
Mun 2 East
Universal HD
Telemundo East
Telemundo West
Another coincidence!
Just as Obama wants to to turn the Internet into a ‘utility’....
There was a great commercial the other night (don’t know what they were advertising so I guess it wasn’t that great). A satellite in space gets hit and starts sparking. Switch to an older couple in a car with a computer voice giving them direction. The computer voice starts giving them crazy instructions. They drive like maniacs obeying the computer voice. The voice says STOMP ON THE BREAKS NOW!! and they end up right at the edge of a cliff. It was done so wall it was hilarious.
Coat hangers can actually make the best HDTV antennas, you just need a few more tools: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw
This is why I have cable and satellite.
uhhh.
Thanks Willie. I appreciate the mention. So it’s the decoding of the digital signal that is the problem. Okay...
Thanks Dan. Good to know. You and Willie Green educated me. ;-)
A smaller gauge of wire is better, but I bent a fractal antenna for our DTV broadcasts.
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