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SSPI names the new inductees for the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame in 2024
21 Feb 2024 03:36 GMT
… are recognized pioneers in satellite communications, earth observation, … SPACEWAY 3 in 2007, the first operational Ka-band satellite … the Satellite Industry” between 1986 and 2018, SPACEWAY 3 … proved the use case for Ka-band and commercial satellite …
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DirecTV to de-orbit Spaceway-1 satellite due to explosion risk
27 Jan 2020 10:15 GMT
… urgently de-orbit its Spaceway-1 satellite out of the geostationary … Spaceway-1 is a Boeing-built High Power 702 model satellite … irreversible thermal damage” to Spaceway-1’s batteries, DirecTV … its failure since Spaceway-1 was a backup satellite. However, the …
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Fears that DirecTV satellite could explode
24 Jan 2020 16:41 GMT
… TV service fears that its Spaceway-1 satellite (a Boeing 702HP model … geostationary orbit where most telecommunication satellites are.
SpaceNews says DirecTV fans … ) by the event, since Spaceway-1 was merely a backup satellite.
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DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes
24 Jan 2020 08:15 GMT
… operations to de-orbit the Spaceway-1 satellite," which is at … process for taking satellites out of their normal orbits, "Spaceway-1 would … of catastrophic failure of the Spaceway-1 satellite should the damaged battery be …
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DirecTV rushes to dispose of satellite that might explode
24 Jan 2020 22:41 GMT
… off the batteries on Spaceway-1. The satellite is currently accessing enough … .
To safely dispose of Spaceway-1, the satellite will maneuver to a … and other services.
Expensive telecommunications satellites like Spaceway-1 orbit thousands of miles …
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'Significant risk' Boeing-made satellite could explode in orbit
24 Jan 2020 20:09 GMT
… subscribers.
DirecTV said the Spaceway-1 in December … the inert, crippled satellite 300 kilometres, above the … fuel remaining on board, Spaceway-1 will pose a small … zone populated by communications satellites below, according to Ted …
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DirecTV is moving one of its satellites to a safer orbit over fears of explosion
24 Jan 2020 15:53 GMT
… , something happened to the Spaceway-1 satellite in December that caused “irreversible … get permission to move the Spaceway-1 satellite earlier than planned. When … liability to active satellites. But in the case of Spaceway-1, making …
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DirecTV’s Boeing-Built Satellite May Explode in Orbit After Suffering Major Anomaly
24 Jan 2020 20:50 GMT
… Spaceway-1 be deorbited, as the 15-year-old Boeing satellite … High Power 702-model satellite.
“Spaceway-1 suffered a major … occurring on other satellites,” Boeing, the satellite’s manufacturer, … satellites are designed to operate for roughly 12 years, Spaceway …
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Curse of Boeing continues: Now a telly satellite it built may explode, will be pushed up to 500km from geo orbit
25 Jan 2020 00:49 GMT
… board its Boeing-built Spaceway-1 satellite, which has been aloft … , Spaceway-1 was humankind's chunkiest communications satellite ever … to worry about: the satellite is operating under the … replacing it with another satellite in our fleet,” DirecTV …
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TV provider shifting satellite to high orbit over explosion fears
24 Jan 2020 18:42 GMT
… Commission its Boeing-built Spaceway-1 satellite had suffered a … February 25, when the satellite would pass through the … impact other satellites.
But "because the SpaceWay-1 satellite is … Citation:
TV provider shifting satellite to high orbit over …