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SES Astra Satellite Dies

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

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SES Astra announced that its Astra 5 satellite failed. The bird, which operated at at 31.5 degrees East, experienced a technical anomaly leading to the end of the spacecraft's mission, according to SES. The company informed affected customers and switched a substantial part of the traffic to another Astra satellite at the 23.5 degrees East orbital position. Service for German cable operators through their company KDL is among the transferred services. With this transfer, the economic impact of the incident…

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