http://www.flightinternational.com/Articles/2005/08/23/Navigation/200/201095/Lockheed+admits+flaw+in+early+Series+7000.html
Lockheed admits flaw in early Series 7000
Lockheed Martin has admitted that under certain environmental and
operational conditions its legacy 7000 Series satellites can suffer
complete failure.
The admission followed an investigation into the failure of satellite
fleet operator Intelsat’s Series 7000 IS-804 in January this year by a
joint Lockheed/Intelsat board.
The satellite was one of four 7000 Series spacecraft operated by
Intelsat. Eleven 7000 Series satellites are in orbit and three,
including IS-804, have failed. The eleventh was launched in 1998.
Intelsat made public the investigation’s preliminary findings earlier
this month.
“[We] could not ascertain a cause. The complete findings will not be
known until the end of September,” says Intelsat.
On June 23 Intelsat’s Space Systems/Loral IA-8 satellite was
successfully launched by Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL rocket.
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