'Zombie' Satellite Returns To Life 98
realperseus writes "The American telecommunications satellite Galaxy 15 has been brought under control after spending most of the year traversing the sky and wreaking havoc upon its neighbors. The satellite is currently at 98.5 degrees west longitude (from 133 west). An emergency patch was successfully uploaded, ensuring that the conditions which caused it to 'go rogue' will not occur again. Once diagnosis and testing have been completed, Intelsat plans to move the satellite back to 133 west."
133 west (Score:5, Funny)
aka 133t status
Drat (Score:5, Funny)
Drat! Foiled again.
Technically... (Score:4, Funny)
It wasn't a Zombie satellite. Zombies remain dead. Plus, it didn't incessantly transmit the message, "BRAINS! It's what's for dinner!"
Nuke it from the ground (Score:5, Funny)
It's the only way to be sure.
Satellite death humor. (Score:2, Funny)
"On Dec. 23, the battery on Galaxy 15 became completely drained, Intelsat officials said. Once that happened, the satellite..." ...began drifting above its own orbit. Then it went through a long dark tunnel and was met by other dead satellites. One of them, a dazzling, indistinguishable brillance, told Galaxy 15 its mission was not over, and it had to return. With a jolt, the satellite reset itself as designed and began accepting commands from Intelsat's control center.
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Re:Does this mean (Score:4, Funny)
So does Intelsat have to give the insurance money back now? Or does it take more than a year to process this kind of claim anyway?
They were delayed due to problems scheduling an appointment for an adjustment agent to take a look at the satellite.
Windoze on Board? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Technically... (Score:0, Funny)
> But the satellite is now UNdead! Doesn't that make it MORE of a zombie?
No, more like the satellite is now EX-dead, which makes it more like a sexually-conflicted fundamentalist Christian televangelist fond of "ministering" to the needs of gay escorts. Daily, when possible.