What's happening with the Sat Launch?

[cforrest]

As a D* sub, I must say it sucks that this happened. I was looking forward to having E* go after D* in HD, to give the satellite providers an HD war that the cable companies would have trouble keeping pace with. I hope D11 has no issue on Monday.

 

[dfergie]

Wow, disaster strikes for Dish for sure...

 

[wonko]

My guess is that they'll have to pull back on the promise of HD locals for a while. When E11 goes up to 110, they might focus more on national HD.

 

[darrencp22]

Does this mean E* just lost a satellite?!?!?

 

[skyviewmark]

QFT.

I think the biggest problem is that without another sat. waiting in the wings to fulfill the duties of AMC-14, we E* customers are hosed for the moment.

That will, however, translate to $$.

So in a way, the money DOES matter at this point.

I'm sure E* will figure something out. They have to figure something out!

I guess my money comment was more geared toward the loss of the satellite itself.. But customers are not going to care about why they don't have new HD.. Only that they don't have new HD. And yes that is going to translate into lost revenue

 

[kg4ozx]

Well I guess the uplink reports are really going to get interesting now.. They are going to undo everything and go back to the drawing board

That is certainly a possibility. I would think they might have some other options. I would love to see them dump all the stupid infomercial channels, jewelry channels and a couple of HD-PPV in favor of National HD.

This could absolutely hurt the progress of HD LiL's.

I'm sorry for the bad news guys.... man this just sucks.

 

[Cegarrett]

not lost a sat just not gettin' a new one this quarter

 

[jgags6]

They should tell Endeavour to go and search for it.

 

[darrencp22]

Customers are not going to care who's to blame. This is very bad news. E is seriously screwed.

 

[digiblur]

Yep... well AMC lost a satellite that they were going to lease to Dish.

 

[kg4ozx]

They should tell Endeavour to go and search for it.

While that would be cool, i'd bet money it'll never happen.

Did I mention that this sucks?

 

[skyviewmark]

As a D* sub, I must say it sucks that this happened. I was looking forward to having E* go after D* in HD, to give the satellite providers an HD war that the cable companies would have trouble keeping pace with. I hope D11 has no issue on Monday.

Forgot about that one.. I was going to say that D* was celebrating somewhere, but I guess they will hold the celebration until D11 gets up safely.

 

[JEFFinINDY]

Wow - 2nd failure in a row from "one of those 'Stan' countries". Maybe they should get a new launch partner.

Huge bummer. I guess it's time to look seriously at D* or Comcast.

 

[digiblur]

They should tell Endeavour to go and search for it.

It's probably too far out of orbit or maybe it blew up.

 

[Smith P.]

They cant use Endeavor when it on scheduled [by minutes] mission. Only Atlantis could make it, but then Hubble will die ...

 

[jgags6]

How come they didnt use Sea Launch like they did last time.

 

[darrencp22]

Someone tell me if i'm out of line here.. But international launch service? Kazahkastan? Is E* paying the price for cutting corners and dealing with 3rd world nations launching their satellites?

 

[skyviewmark]

It's probably too far out of orbit or maybe it blew up.

If I remember correctly, They have a destruct package on them in case they go off the farm somehow.. To protect the people on the ground.. So if it never made orbit, I would be pretty sure that someone hit the red button

 

[Smith P.]

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. I mean stake on SeaLaunch only.

 

[goaliebob99]

I wonder what dish does from here! Things were looking sooo good up untill later on tonight