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fyi: DirecTV 3 Satellite Incurs Failure
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Posted by: jmoak

from:
Communications Today
May 15, 2002
Vol. 8, No. 95

DirecTV 3 Satellite Incurs Failure

Engineers at DirecTV confirmed that the primary spacecraft control processor (SCP) aboard the DirecTV 3 satellite switched off on May 4 and is disabled. As designed, control of the Boeing 601-model satellite automatically was transferred to the spare SCP, and the spacecraft currently is operating normally.

DirecTV, the El Segundo, Calif.-basedunit of Hughes Electronics [GMH], has begun shifting traffic from DirecTV 3 to the company's satellites at its primary orbital slot at 101 degrees W as a precaution. DirecTV 3 will become an in-orbit spare, company officials said. The back-up SCP on DirecTV 3 is designed to operate for the life of the satellite.

The switch from the primary to the backup SCP did not affect service to any of DirecTV's more than 10.5 million subscribers, company officials said.