Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Rogue Satellite


See this Space News article about a perplexing problem we're experiencing with an on-orbit satellite, which could even affect YOUR television coverage, and the sometimes bizarre impacts of problems in space.

2 Comments:

At May 4, 2010 at 4:21 PM , Blogger Nate said...

Fascinating! The article says they intend to blast it with a strong signal intended to shut it down on May 3rd. Any word on whether that worked?

 
At May 5, 2010 at 11:18 AM , Blogger ben said...

Unfortunately the May 3rd attempt didn't work. You can read an update about it here.

 

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