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In the George A. Romero classic, Night of the Living Dead, a
radioactive satellite falls to earth and causes the dead to rise from
their graves -- but what if the satellite itself had become a zombie?
That's the slightly less frightening reality that has befallen
Intelsat's Galaxy 15 communications satellite, which "went rogue" in
April of 2010 and has been unresponsive ever since -- even though it
has continued to transmit signals. Late last month, however, the
satellite finally came back to life, and Intelsat was able to put it
into safe mode to prevent it from interfering with other
communications satellites. It's apparently even now trying to
determine if the satellite could become fully functional again --
although, if you ask us, that just sounds like it's all part of the
zombie satellite's plan...
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