Telstar 401 lost in space; network, resellers go to Plan B. (AT & T Skynet Satellite Services Telstar 401 quits transmitting) From: Broadcasting & Cable | Date: January 20, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Network, resellers go to Plan B

Satellite operator AT&T Skynet Satellite Services abruptly lost contact with its Telstar 401 bird at 6:15 a.m. EST on Saturday, Jan. 11, launching technical personnel for syndicators and networks into a chaotic preNAPTE weekend of securing backup capacity for their video feeds.

At press time, AT&T engineers were still working to re-establish their telemetry and communications links to the three-year-old satellite, which carried 24 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders and provided service to ABC, Fox and PBS and syndicators like Paramount, ...

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