129 Failure: What went wrong?

[tedb3rd]

Any official word as to what happened (technically) 9/13 & 9/14 with the 129 satellite? After all the talk about the loss, watching all the uplink changes, and 'rebirth' of HD to western-arc customers, I'm just techno-geek curious to know what caused it in the first place. I assume Dish knows but would they ever release that info?... or even if they are required to FCC??

 

[nelson61]

Any official word as to what happened (technically) 9/13 & 9/14 with the 129 satellite? After all the talk about the loss, watching all the uplink changes, and 'rebirth' of HD to western-arc customers, I'm just techno-geek curious to know what caused it in the first place. I assume Dish knows but would they ever release that info?... or even if they are required to FCC??

It will leak out someday.
Probably something similar to What happened to E8 when it went berserk a while back. Intelsat published a nice article on how it can happen

Guide to solar weather's effect on satellites | Tech Talk | Intelsat

 

[whatchel1]

They are being tight lipped right now.

 

[apollog]

Rumor has it, that the same guy who caused the HUGE power OUTAGE in California, Arizona, & New Mexico a week ago, press the wrong button again. This guy needs to be fired!!!

 

[whatchel1]

Rumor has it, that the same guy who caused the HUGE power OUTAGE in California, Arizona, & New Mexico a week ago, press the wrong button again. This guy needs to be fired!!!

He sure gets around

 

[Miner]

He sure gets around

Incompetence has a way of doing that!

 

[KyDave]

Details beginning to leak out regarding how situation was resolved.

 

[Jhon69]

It maybe as simple as:

"Hmmm,I wonder what this button does"?...click!...OOPSEE!!.

 

[Mr Tony]

My thought still stands...Charlie tried to do an uplink

 

[bhelms]

That current commercial for Toshiba TVs explains it all...!

Ethernet / Wireless (Official Toshiba TV Commercial) - YouTube

(Now who was it who drove off the cliff...??)

 

[GaryPen]

This just-released NASA video explains everything.


[video]http://youtu.be/eHdvFPB6gJo[/video]

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The REAL cause was Human Error.

Not space debris, not cosmic rays, not even pigs in space...

Again it was Human Error. If you look at the huge 129 thread in main DISH forum there is a filing with the FCC from DISH which explains it all.

BTW the Human Error was not on DISH's side as its not their satellite to control.

 

[GaryPen]

Human? Or KLINGON?!!!!!