I heard the official word was a positioning thruster got stuck on,, HOW could a solar eclipse on the other side of the world affect a satellite! This seems CRAZY! next, martians will be stripping it for parts to fix their UFO.
silly.
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"But Sky spokesman Tony O'Brien said the problem occurred because the eclipse happened at the moment the sun was required to charge the satellite's batteries for a routine realignment."
So lets look at these comments - firstly are Sky saying that Optus have no idea of the battery status of their satellite? Get real - they monitor every minute detail of it! If the power levels were low there is no way you would attempt such a move. The big issue now is speculation they used a lot of fuel in this move and that hopefully they have enough to get it out of orbit when they terminate it in a few months. Parking space up there is like Lambton Quay - very valuable!
retardinator: It is a shame that they feel fit to treat us in that way by using such a far fetched excuse..."we'll just tell em that an eclipse on the other side of the world, 21 hours ago did it, mwhahaha that will do it nicely,what do they know? we could even tell em it was the flux capacitor!"
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