Re: Anik satellite

Gary Bourgois (starnet!apple!lopez.marquette.MI.US!flash)
Tue, 5 Apr 1994 11:48:59 EDT

>Just exactly what happened to Anik?

It was hit by a solar storm on Jan 19, and that killed the stabilization
wheel. They are working to bring it back online using onboard thrusters.
This is now delayed til fall.

All services have been moved to other satellites.

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