Zombie Threatens Cable Nets

[Rafaelccs]

Extracted from SKY report:

That zombie satellite from Intelsat – AKA the Galaxy 15 which is drifting uncontrollably while still broadcasting – is causing a scramble among cable nets.

Having failed to respond to a last minute attempt to knock out its power, the Galaxy 15 is now moving into an orbital area where it could pose interference problems for SES World Skies' AMC-11 satellite. To help protect the many cable networks transmitted from the satellite, SES World Skies plans to move some customers to the new SES-1 which will be relocated to the opposite side of Galaxy 15.

The AMC-11 will be maneuvered to match the eastward drift of Galaxy 15 in order to maintain a minimum separation between the two satellites. Customers remaining on that satellite will have their programming delivered via a large 19-meter antenna capable of minimizing potential disruptions. SES World Skies estimates that the risk of interference will run from around May 25 to June 7.•

Some of those channels could be primary uplink also for Dishnetwork & DirecTV....

 

[Mr Tony]

old news and has been posted (and threads locked) about 7 or 8 times

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