Galaxy 15 De-zombified!

[Baylink]

According to Slashdot, and space.com this morning, Intelsat has finally succeeded in regaining control of Galaxy 15, as it passed through 98.5W after having drifted, out-of-control, all the way east from it's original parking spot at 133W.

The bird caused lots of hassles for other satellite operators and clients, including the bird I'm on, AMC1, but SES World Skies got a Christmas present: as hoped, the bird's batteries finally ran down, and, losing lock with the sun, it temporarily lost all power.

Yes, that's right: they unplugged it from the wall, and that reset it.

When it booted back up, they could command it again, and they uploaded an emergency patch, and got it back into sun lock and stable. Now they'll work out their plans to move it back to 133W.

And lots of satellite command centers are breathing a sigh of relief that they no longer live in Interesting Times.

[BroadcastDoc]

Awesome post! Thanks!

[rockmanac]

Yes, that's right: they unplugged it from the wall, and that reset it.

Sometimes you just gotta turn it off and turn it back on again.

[Baylink]

OT: Adam: you moved your blog, but didn't update the link in your sig here. :-)

[rockmanac]

OT: Adam: you moved your blog, but didn't update the link in your sig here.

Oops.

[w4cl]

Yes, that's right: they unplugged it from the wall, and that reset it.

Sometimes you just gotta turn it off and turn it back on again.

REBOOT!!!!

[ajstriker]

Yes, that's right: they unplugged it from the wall, and that reset it.

Sometimes you just gotta turn it off and turn it back on again.

REBOOT!!!!

Was it Windows 95?...

[Baylink]

Yes, that's right: they unplugged it from the wall, and that reset it.

Sometimes you just gotta turn it off and turn it back on again.

REBOOT!!!!

Was it Windows 95?... :lol:

Well, I had heard a rumor that they were hoping someone from STS-133 could jaunt over and hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete... but that didn't pan out, so I guess they came up with something else.

[Deep Thought]

REBOOT!!!!

Was it Windows 95?...

OS X

But it is a feature and is supposed to do that...they were just looking at it wrong.

[rockmanac]

REBOOT!!!!

Was it Windows 95?...

OS X

But it is a feature and is supposed to do that...they were just looking at it wrong.

Hey now! OS X has been way more stable than Windows.

Besides... the satellite was running Vista. It was waiting for someone to authorize the action at the UAC prompt.

[Baylink]

"OS/X: Because making Unix user-friendly was much easier than debugging Windows." --Simon Slavin, on alt.folklore.computers.

[Baylink]

Here's a very nice piece on all the details of what happened:

http://thespacereview.com/article/1634/1

and while I don't seem to be able to locate a real after-action report, the bird appears to be back at 133W and active, according to Lyngsat

[techboywi]

When all else fails....reboot!

[K9EZ]

REBOOT!!!!

Was it Windows 95?...

OS X

But it is a feature and is supposed to do that...they were just looking at it wrong.

Hey now! OS X has been way more stable than Windows.

Besides... the satellite was running Vista. It was waiting for someone to authorize the action at the UAC prompt.

Ahhh the fan boys are so easily toyed with...