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Intelsat lost a bird
- Subject: [amsat-bb] Intelsat lost a bird
- From: Nate Duehr <nate@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 09:19:07 -0700
- User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0RC1 (Windows/20041201)
Heard from another ham who had StarBand data service up until recently...
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118731,00.asp
Not 100% AMSAT-related, but interesting nonetheless. Interesting
implications for rural broadband and that industry...
"The satellite owner, Intelsat, says the craft [IL-8] had suffered a
sudden and unexplained electrical anomaly and that it was permanently lost."
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Nate Duehr, nate@natetech.com - WY0X
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