Echostar 14 update
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Good so far. Check in in around an hour to see how burn 2 went.
Final separation at 11:37PM EDT.
Final separation at 11:37PM EDT.
And actually large corporations self-insure a lot of things, if they have a large cash flow.
Insurance companies make a profit on it, so why not do it yourself ?
Insurance is only needed when the possible cost of failure would severely disrupt the company (or individual).
PS This is why consumer advocates universally advise against buying those extra warranties. Over your lifetime, you will save far more than the cost of the one TV that goes bad early.
Given the number of Echostar satellite launch (and launch related) failures, why would you ever want to pay more?
AMC14 was not owned by Echostar. I doubt they would deny Echostar coverage because of it. However, there WERE some little insurance disagreements with Echostar in the past........
If you have $100 million in cash that is not needed, self insurance is best. There is a 95% chance the mission will be successful (based on past launches), why pay 10+% of the cost for insurance. The insurance companies want to make a healthy profit on it, so they they have to charge a lot more than the odds would dictate to be sure.
Insurance is needed if you cannot afford to take the loss. Dish has a lot of cash to cover things like this. Dish has self insured about 6-7 satellites now... They have a loss covered by now in insurance savings.
Insurance is needed if you cannot afford to take the loss. Dish has a lot of cash to cover things like this. Dish has self insured about 6-7 satellites now... They have a loss covered by now in insurance savings.
Just called the ILS hotline, Wich was last updated at 655est. 3rd burn & 4th burns completed nominally, The 5th burn begins about 5 hours later at 1155 est, which will place the bird into orbit on the belt. So far so good! Keep your lucky charms with you!
Anyone got a link to a video of the launch??
Also what does this exactly mean for future channel's or abilities through Dish?
Also what does this exactly mean for future channel's or abilities through Dish?
EchoStar XIV Launch Highlights
It will mostly help with local channels to more markets and some HD locals.
I'd love to see higher signal levels so as stupid FSM's can't hit you on a QAS for low signal when they are checking it in the damn rain! :rant:
For Puerto Rico this is real good news no more rain fade!
Better news for us in PR....for 119...no more huge antenna. A small antenna will work...plus as I heard sometime back...maybe a single antenna solution for both sat...not to mention some more HD channels
I rarely get rain-fade as it is now...
Three 622s with hard-drive failure in last two years...is this better than average?
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