Posted on 01/26/2007 9:42:33 AM PST by Rio
Paris-based satellite company Eutelsat is investigating "unidentified interference" with its satellite broadcast services that temporarily knocked out several television and radio stations. The company declined to say whether it thought the interference was accidental or deliberate.
The problem began Tuesday afternoon, blocking several European, Middle East and northeast African radio and television stations, as well as Agence France-Presse's news service. All transferred their satellite transmissions to another frequency to resume operations.
Theresa Hitchens of the Center for Defense Information think-tank in Washington DC, US, says there have been cases of deliberate satellite jamming in the past, but it is hard to see what motivation there would be in this instance.
"It's really puzzling to me," she told New Scientist. "If it was accidental, why would they be so secretive about saying what the source was and if it's deliberate, you've got to wonder why – it just seems to me to be an odd target, unless someone's ticked off at the French," she says.
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Chinese testing alternative methods of knocking them out of service...? or us...?!! :-)
The French will apologize to the Chinese for having a satellite in their way.
Capt.midnight strikes again????
Hah! That could be a very long list of suspects.
"The French will apologize to the Chinese for having a satellite in their way."
After agreeing to terms of surrender.
Iran is probably doing it! Be afraid! Very very afraid!
nuclear EMP weapons test! no doubt!
We did it as a cold-war style response to thier anti-sat missile stunt last week. we took out Europe as well to eleimnate any doubt to the Chinese about the source.
Bullseye... The ChiComms are testing more of their new satellite weaponry and they know the French are too weak and pacifist to do anything about an attack on one their sats, so they attacked a French satellite.
The French should bring their satellites home! How many more satellites will die because of their involvement in space?!
No Such Accident...
I remember this one time when Lonestar used raspberry jam on the Spaceball's radar...
The 'yutes' are still not happy with the free housing being built for them, they want free internet access and cable television installed also. ;)
ping
Why would you test it on a French satellite? You'd test it on one of your own, in order to keep it a secret.
More likely, the French just have a bad satellite design which is suseptible to interference.
Why would you test it on a French satellite? You'd test it on one of your own, in order to keep it a secret.
More likely, the French just have a bad satellite design which is suseptible to interference.
LOL - thanks for sharing.
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