Hello Bruce!
Friday May 22 1998 11:39, Bruce LeGrande wrote to All:
> So... Does ANYone know what the ACTUAL problem with G4 is, yet ?
> Was it simply a failure of the electronics, or did it actually
> MOVE out of position ? If later, has it been 'found' ?
G4 had an unrecoverable electronic failure. When the primary system
ailed,
the secondary would not come online.
> I'm happy to hear that G6 is going to be the replacement.
> There was programming on that bird that I'm interested in,
> that I've not been able to see due to it's azmuith from here.
> I hope many of the users will re-aim and maintain uplinks to it.
G6 is the "in orbit" spare for the other G birds and it's users
have to find other birds to link to. The original G4 users will take over G6.
Dave
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