Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

[patchz]

This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

[expat]

[quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

[patchz]

[quote][quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

[RaptorF22]

[quote][quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

[expat]

[quote][quote][quote]This article is about a huge new star. Interesting yes, but the last paragraph is what prompted my post.

[quote]It wants to eat your satellite's brain
Finally, scientists have no idea how to stop a fully powered satellite that has gone rogue and is no longer accepting orders from earth. This so-called "zombie" satellite, known as Galaxy 15 (which carried the SyFy channel), continues along in the Earth's orbit

[specter177]

That's because it doesn't exist anymore. It's USA 193, BTW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-193

[RaptorF22]

That's because it doesn't exist anymore. It's USA 193, BTW.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-193

Oops, that's why I couldn't find it! 

[KDSM]

I think you mean the SM-3

ok I thought about it some more and now I  realize your talking about the sattilite that was destroyed by the SM-3 as opposed to the weapon to take down a sattilite.

[RaptorF22]

[quote]I think you mean the SM-3

ok I thought about it some more and now I