It’s more than 3,500 kilometres away from earth but when it doesn’t work properly, a lot of Canadians notice.It is the Anik F-2 communications satellite. Shaw Direct TV, government agencies and the Canadian Press news agency are just a few of its customers. For much of yesterday, the satellite was offline. Its Ottawa-based operator says an unknown technical problem caused the d…
CKNW Vancouver News
Canadians affected by malfunctioning satellite
October 7, 2011 by
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