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Monday, January 10, 2011

Zombie Satellite

This really isn't part of NASA, but it does have to do with space. Intelsat's Galaxy 15 communications satellite that went down in April of 2010 presumably because of an intense solar storm, is now back online and working. Once the backup battery died, it automatically rebooted itself (as designed) and started to accept connections/commands from Earth (Intelsat). Therefore, it is now a zombie satellite.

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