[opendtv] Re: Optus B1 satellite off air since around 6.30pm yesterday NZ time
- From: "Barry Wilkins" <barry.barrywilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:00:58 +1200
Thanks for the explanation John. I was a little concerned because of the
frequent talk regarding the age of the Optus B1 satellite and its likely
impending retirement. Do you know anything regarding the possible switch to
a newer satellite, maybe Optus D1?
We could certainly do with some competition from TVNZ and others to make
this game a better deal for the subscribers and cover such things as the
above event but is this likely? Well I think about as likely as a flying
piggy knocking the satellite off alignment.
Cheers
Barry
On 3/31/06, John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Friday, 31 March 2006
>
> SOLAR ECLIPSE INTERFERES WITH SATELLITE RESTORATION
>
> The solar eclipse that occurred around midnight last night has interfered
> with and set back the restoration of SKY's digital satellite service.
>
> The eclipse blocked sunlight to the solar cells on the satellite requiring
> the cells to be recharged again after the eclipse and before the process
> of
> realigning the signal with earth could continue.
>
> The satellite signal was lost after a routine positioning procedure to the
> satellite by Optus.
>
> SKY and Optus immediately put into operation their signal recovery plans.
>
> SKY Television's CEO, John Fellet said "Our priority has been to get the
> service up and running. SKY and Optus staff have worked through the night
> to
> re-power the satellite and restore a signal to SKY. It's a delicate
> process
> and it's still continuing."
>
> SKY apologises for loss of SKY satellite services resulting from an outage
> on the Optus B1 Satellite that provides SKY's signal.
>
> Mr Fellet said that he did not expect customers to pay for a service they
> didn't receive and SKY will remedy this with a credit to customer
> accounts.
>
> Updates will be posted on www.skytv.co.nz or www.skybusiness.co.nz
> Email: tobrien@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry Wilkins" <barry.barrywilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:43 PM
> Subject: [opendtv] Optus B1 satellite off air since around 6.30pmyesterday
> NZ time
>
>
> > Hi folks
> > We in New Zealand have since last night lost our only Satellite TV
> > communications to the whole country as the repositioning of the Optus B1
> > satellite went somewhat wrong.
> >
> > Do any of you experts know why it should take more than 12 hours (and
> > counting) to correct this problem. I have my suspicions there is a
> little
> > more to the problem than an error in manouvre instructions. One
> > possibility
> > I have considered is that the satellite has actually run out of
> propellent
> > to make the required changes. It is a rather old bird as I understand it
> > and
> > is supposed to be past its used by date. Is this correct?
> >
> > Barry Wilkins
>
>
>
>
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