Mon, Dec 06, 2004
Intelsat tells ANN that it is
pursuing a recovery mission of the Intelsat Americas 7 satellite,
which experienced a sudden and unusual electrical distribution
anomaly on November 28. As a result of an intensive recovery effort
by the Intelsat technical team, contact and control of the
satellite has been regained. Service restoration is underway, with
several key customers expected to be operational on IA-7 by the
time this is read. Although testing of the satellite's capabilities
is still underway, operations have been restored on a portion of
the satellite's transponders.
Prior to IA-7's reactivation, the affected Intelsat customers
had all been offered alternate capacity at different orbital
locations, with many customers restored on alternate Intelsat
capacity within hours of Sunday morning's anomaly. The exact cause
of the anomaly is still being investigated, in cooperation with
Space Systems/ Loral, the satellite's manufacturer, and Loral
Skynet, each of whom participated in the recovery effort.
"Our first priority in this event was to address the needs of
our existing customers and their end-users," said Conny Kullman,
Chief Executive Officer of Intelsat, Ltd. "As a global operator
with 28 satellites in our network, Intelsat's overall flexibility
and ability to match available capacity to customer requirements
served us well in quickly providing alternate solutions. We are
keeping Zeus Holdings Limited, Intelsat's prospective acquirer,
fully apprised of developments as they occur with respect to the
IA-7 satellite and we understand Zeus is continuing its evaluation
of the situation."
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