About the orbital tugs and whatnot, it's been thought of, but no recent news so they probably never got the needed funding, google ConeXpress. Was to be a solution that could be employed to extend the life of an existing satellite.
Tiger, you Whiner, it's been less than one business day. Give them a chance and give it a rest. You're just another armchair CEO.
Thanks.Wouldn't matter...it would still need to be in the same actual orbit. The issue is not where in that particular orbit...it's getting to that orbit itself.
Not that hard to move from one slot to another, just raise or lower the sat's altitude a little and it will drift east or west relative to the other sats.So with the necessary disclaimer that I know next to nothing about orbital mechanics... Is there even a remote possibility that the possible range of solutions would allow for placing the satellite in an alternate orbital slot? Just a random thought that I can't shake.
Appears that there is a lot of posturing and spin control by Echostar/Dish from the statements at the beginning of this thread. Both of their stock prices are down today with the news of the failed launch, and there is quite a bit of mention of it in the business journals.
Words like "delay" and "some" attempt to paint a rosy picture, but most can see through that to know the battle has been lost.
good time the start IPTV on dish and forget the sats