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03-17-2008, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mike123abc  I guess next years bill will include a 12 cent/month satellite thruster charge. 12 cents/sub/month over 5 years is 100million, assuming 100 million lost in lease fees from the shorter life. |  Wouldn't suprise me.
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03-17-2008, 12:48 PM
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I sure hope that SES Americom keeps us updated on this situation better than Dish let's it subs know on their hd plans.  |
03-17-2008, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by tigerfan33 I sure hope that SES Americom keeps us updated on this situation better than Dish let's it subs know on their hd plans. | Tiger, you Whiner, it's been less than one business day. Give them a chance and give it a rest. You're just another armchair CEO.
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03-17-2008, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TuxCoder SES AMERICOM - Press Release
The investigation into the cause of the AMC-14 launch anomaly has reached a definitive conclusion. Engineers from SES Americom and ILS worked jointly to explore the causes behind the premature completion of the second burn of the fourth stage on the Proton Breeze-M rocket.
The study concluded with the discovery and analysis of a "trojan horse" module resident in the rocket's thruster control firmware. The module, named killall-burn.o, was found to simply terminate the burn at a significantly incorrect—and inconvenient—time, hoping to render the satellite useless by placing it in an incorrect orbit.
Further study of the module revealed that it was compiled on a node with the name build.directv.com, presumably built by a software developer working for DISH Network's largest competitor, DIRECTV. A spokesperson from DIRECTV declined to comment at this time. Of course, I'm just kidding. None of the above is true.  | You berry berry BAD MAN!!! Quote: |
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03-17-2008, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by AdamGott Well one could imagine that it would take almost as much fuel to slow it down as it does to get it started moving which would be one more reason for it to be a slower movement. | That statement is so true, and it pertains to more than just satellites too!!
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03-17-2008, 01:08 PM
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Here is the official SES AMERICOM PRESS RELEASE ON AMC-14:
While we are not in a position to comment on the possible causes of this launch anomaly, the satellite is healthy and is operating nominally in a stable orbit under the control of Lockheed Martin. SES and Lockheed Martin engineers are currently exploring various options for bringing AMC-14 into its proper geostationary orbit," said Martin Halliwell, President of SES ENGINEERING.
For the entire P.R.: SES AMERICOM - Press Release |
03-17-2008, 01:13 PM
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At least the damned thing apparently works. That's positive.
I believe it took Asiasat a month or so to get theirs from much further away to the orbit. Of course, this is a whole other ball game, so it could take more or less time.
I'm sure we'll hear something at some point.
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03-17-2008, 01:59 PM
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I just hope this does not stop Norfolk Locals
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03-17-2008, 02:01 PM
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Elway I am right there with ya, I am wondering if my locals (cleveland which are uplinked) are still going to be turned on, on the rumored date.
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03-17-2008, 02:03 PM
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Guess Im gonna check the attic in my new place today for the ol OTA antenna  just in case
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