I wonder if this is the same satellite that SC ETV Radio uses. They,
too, have been "blinded by the Sun" for several minutes per day, thus
losing their network feed from NPR or PRI.
Jim
Dan Vietor wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 13:57, Robert Mullenax wrote:
> >
> > We stopped getting any data on NOAAport SDI at 1853Z. Anyone else seeing
> > this?
>
> This could be solar eclipse... NOAAPORT this time of year will go down
> for about 15 minutes because the sun passes directly behind the
> satellite. This eclipse period lasts about 7-10 days.
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