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Topic: Zombie satellite orbiting Earth
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Musette
Knowflake Posts: 126
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Registered: May 2009
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posted May 11, 2010 02:46 AM
 
What's strange is that this zombiesat is continuing to operate at full capacity without instructions and scientists can't explain why. Oh, and a fun fact is that Galaxy 15 was the satellite that carried the US SyFy channel's signal. "An attempt to shut down the electronics payload of the out-of-control communications satellite Galaxy 15 has failed, leaving the satellite - which ceased responding to ground commands last month - still in its uncontrolled "zombiesat" drift toward orbits occupied by other spacecraft, the satellite's fleet operator Intelsat said Tuesday." Full article here: www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0509/Zombie-satellite-runs-amok-in-Earth-s-orbit IP: Logged |
pire
Knowflake Posts: 1347
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 11, 2010 10:31 AM
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Current estimates are that Galaxy 15 will lose Earth orientation sometime in late July or early August. The exact date cannot be known. But when it loses Earth pointing, its solar arrays will lose their lock on the sun, draining the satellite's batteries and causing the satellite to shut down on its own.
where will it go then? IP: Logged |
Musette
Knowflake Posts: 126
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Registered: May 2009
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posted May 11, 2010 03:43 PM
It will be another piece of space junk. It's a shame we haven't figured out how to not litter in space!I forgot my Photobucket password, but you can see a photo of all the space junk here: www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1879241,00.html Plus computer generated pictures of cataloged objects in low-Earth orbit as viewed over the Equator are here: http://thirty7thframe.blogspot.com/2009/02/space-junk.html IP: Logged |
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