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At 11:51 PM 5/19/98 -0400, James Murphy wrote:
>Filed at 10:48 p.m. EDT
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You would think a PanAmSat having that amount of business going through one
satellite would have some kind of backup plan.
Robert
>By The Associated Press
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>LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A communications satellite spun out of control Tuesday
>afternoon, interrupting service to millions of pager users and disrupting
>behind-the-scenes television transmissions across the country.
>
>Galaxy 4, which is operated by PanAmSat, started having problems about 6:30
>p.m. EDT, said a company technician who asked not to be named. The company
>was still able to communicate with the satellite, and technicians hoped to
>restore its correct orbit.
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