Telstar 4 failed this morning (9/19)

[fv3]

http://www.loral.com/inthenews/030919.html

"Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (OTC BB: LRLSQ), today said that its Telstar 4 satellite experienced a short circuit of its primary power bus today at 8:56 am EDT, causing the satellite to cease operations. Loral Skynet immediately made capacity available to most Telstar 4 customers, many of whom have already had their services restored on Loral's Telstar 5 and Telstar 6 satellites...."

Mainly network feeds and some state educational television networks....
http://www.lyngsat.com/t4.shtml

 

[mattb]

I think the Ten Networks where affected too.. If I remeber they where on T4. in the past (reading lyngsat)

Not much on that bird though to begin with..