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Telecommunications Intelsat satellite stops communication | Intelsat satellite stops communication |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Sunday, 24 September 2006 | |
      
The good news is that Intelsat's control centre can communicate with and control the satellite, which was manufactured by Lockheed Martin and launched in 1997. Intelsat says it is making alternative capacity available on other satellites to users of IS-802 and is working with Lockheed Martin to identify the cause of the problem. Intelsat says it does not know if there is a connection between the failure and the failure of the Intelsat 804 satellite, also manufactured by Lockheed Martin, which occurred in January 2005. The IS-802 is not insured, in accordance with Intelsat's practice of self insuring satellites that are beyond the initial year of operations. {moscomment} |
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