Satellites Develop Glitch

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@gofsey (1912)
Madurai, India
March 31, 2016 9:17pm CST
Some of the European and Russian Satellites have developed a glitch in their operations. This is probably due to some faulty chip they used while designing their hardware. The outcome is that many satellites are expected to fall off from their trajectories within the month. Internet connections could be affected badly with remote areas out of satellite reach up till the end of the year. Is your internet connection working? Be thankful. Have a nice day!
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@vandana7 (98919)
• India
1 Apr 16
Oh dear...that is so sad...so sad...so much could go wrong..
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@vandana7 (98919)
• India
1 Apr 16
@gofsey ..That is good news!
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@vandana7 (98919)
• India
1 Apr 16
@gofsey ..Is it 1st of April thing...considering that you have been highlight that date on Owl's post so that most people would not miss ..the importance of the date..I am inclined to believe this is like that as well. lol
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
Don't worry scientists are working to fix the problem. It should be ready soon.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
1 Apr 16
Yeah, I get the Internet through my phone. It's working great right now.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
Oh! Then it is all right for the moment.
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@vandana7 (98919)
• India
1 Apr 16
@gofsey . To be honest, .I have been facing some problems
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
@vandana7 Is the problem visual or with the speed?
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
I"m experiencing a great internet speed at home, but no so in the office. I just hope I won't be affected much by the glitch! Have a great day to you.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
@gofsey Probably. Been having too many problems with my internet connection in the past and my work was greatly affected. For the past three weeks it has been really stable and I'm quite happy about it and I don't want anything bad to happen again.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
@gofsey Where's that beach? I better head down there
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
Thanks Toni. I know today will be great.Maybe the satellites flying over your house are not affected.
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@LadyDuck (458867)
• Switzerland
1 Apr 16
With all the satellite that we have now in the space I am not surprised that some will soon fall down. I suppose they will disintegrate before reaching land.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
Yes, they make it with combustible material but my agent who is tracking the story says someone snuck in some rocks. They might not burn that easily.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
1 Apr 16
Yikes I don't like that sound of that. So far so good with my internet connection.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
Strange things happening in the skies today for sure. But it does not touch the good people.
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@Ronrybs (17838)
• London, England
1 Apr 16
Won't be long before we have satellite repair people up there
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
Yes, they are busy right now selecting the toolkit.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
@Ronrybs Okay okay. Got you. They have to get the satellites done before sundown. There is no electricity up there.
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@Ronrybs (17838)
• London, England
1 Apr 16
@gofsey Spanners and a hammer!
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@ptrikha_2 (45543)
• India
5 Apr 16
So far my internet connection is working. May be many of these have backup links too.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
5 Apr 16
Yes, that is what I think. They have smart sensors on board that detects malfunctioning. Then, they switch the relay to another neighboring satellite.
@allknowing (130073)
• India
1 Apr 16
I hope this is a false alarm. I really should not have read this post After all today is April Fools' day
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
You may be right!
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• Preston, England
5 Apr 16
a lot of expensive hardware reduced to space junk
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
5 Apr 16
Way of life! But then nothing lasts forever.
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
6 Apr 16
That sounds scary!
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
6 Apr 16
Many looked up in fear, but everything is fine. Nothing to worry. The glitch was set right within hours.
• Dallas, Texas
3 Apr 16
I really hope they get the satellites back in order. It should be possible to navigate them to their proper trajectories. Hopefully it is possible it is a software issue or that they have a backup chip to take over the operations. That could be very expensive to do.
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• Dallas, Texas
3 Apr 16
@gofsey , I hope so because people need their important communications.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
4 Apr 16
@lookatdesktop That is why they have speeded up the entire process. Hope that bug does not get into our phones.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
3 Apr 16
Yes, it is like you say But getting the backup needs a lot of carefully coordinated front action. Let us hope this thing will find the solution soon.
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@cacay1 (83220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
4 Apr 16
Let us hope it won't badly affect the earth and its people.
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@cacay1 (83220)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Apr 16
@gofsey Oh nice, at least no more fear and scare by each one of us on earth.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
4 Apr 16
No, they have found out what went wrong and the person responsible. So, it will be safe.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
5 Apr 16
@cacay1 No Erly, but sometimes I look up at the sky and become frightened. What if the satellites crash down?
@just4him (306854)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Apr 16
it's working fine.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
1 Apr 16
Then they must have fixed it. No worries.
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@JudyEv (326098)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Apr 16
There will be some irate people around if internet connections are affected. I suppose I'd be one of them.
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@JudyEv (326098)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 16
@gofsey That's very good news.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
5 Apr 16
@JudyEv Thanks JudyEv. It is supposed to be confidential.
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@gofsey (1912)
• Madurai, India
4 Apr 16
They have rectified the defect and it is all smooth sailing now. The skies hold no more threat.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
6 Apr 16
Really? Well, internet in our country is always a problem for it in very slow speed. Either there is a satellite glitch or not our internet is always a problem.