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Article: AT&T Telstar 401 Satellite Experiences Service Interruption.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- January 11, 1997
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BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 1997--AT&T said that its Telstar 401 satellite experienced an abrupt failure of its telemetry and communications this morning at 6:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time affecting service for all customers.
AT&T immediately restored service for customers whose contracts called for transfer of their transponder service to Telstar 402R in the case of a service outage.
AT&T and Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the ...