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The Galaxy 15 satellite owned by Intelsat refuses to respond to commands from the ground since April 5th last perhaps in consequence of a magnetic interference caused by the sun and now the satellite is in orbit without any control and slowly moving away from its position.
Despite the satellite executes commands from the ground its transponder continue to work and are regularly repeating all signals received from the ground but his move to short disturb the satellite transmissions, and AMC-11 at worst clash with it.
The responsible for the positioning of the satellite have indicated that a collision is averted for now but the technicians who operate the satellite AMC-11 have a lot of work to adapt the signals transmitted to the ground and not cause interference to users on land.
This should occur around May 22 and last about two weeks until the satellite drift will not abandon the orbital position of the satellite AMC-11 and repeat the signals allocated to it.
The satellite in distress is used primarily as a booster for the cable and to remedy the situation Intelsat has already started procedures for moving a satellite reserve that should reach the position of the satellite out of control quickly.
Intelsat has decided to move above the orbit occupied by the satellite Galaxy 15 Galaxy 12 satellite that has the same number of C-band transponder on board but does not have a transponder to WAAS.
WAAS is used in combination with GPS to air traffic in the United States and allows a greater accuracy of the signal received by the airplanes that may rely on this system for all stages of flight.
Despite the satellite executes commands from the ground its transponder continue to work and are regularly repeating all signals received from the ground but his move to short disturb the satellite transmissions, and AMC-11 at worst clash with it.
The responsible for the positioning of the satellite have indicated that a collision is averted for now but the technicians who operate the satellite AMC-11 have a lot of work to adapt the signals transmitted to the ground and not cause interference to users on land.
This should occur around May 22 and last about two weeks until the satellite drift will not abandon the orbital position of the satellite AMC-11 and repeat the signals allocated to it.
The satellite in distress is used primarily as a booster for the cable and to remedy the situation Intelsat has already started procedures for moving a satellite reserve that should reach the position of the satellite out of control quickly.
Intelsat has decided to move above the orbit occupied by the satellite Galaxy 15 Galaxy 12 satellite that has the same number of C-band transponder on board but does not have a transponder to WAAS.
WAAS is used in combination with GPS to air traffic in the United States and allows a greater accuracy of the signal received by the airplanes that may rely on this system for all stages of flight.