DirectTVs 7s Sat delayed

[scottchez]

Looking at this site there last SAT was launched on the 10th. It had issues.


http://www.sea-launch.com/news.htm

An other thread said that the Direct TV 7s and not even been delivered to see launch corp yet.

Why the delay?

See Launch is just waiting for delivering?

They should of had the Sat 7s there at Sea Launch on the 12th so they could get it ready.

[jdspencer]

I couldn't find anything in that news that states that 7s will be delayed.
Please provide additional links to your sources.

And, maybe your thread title should have had a "?" at the end. :)

[scottchez]

By definition there is a delay.

I called the guys down a t Sea Launch.

They are sitting around waiting for the Delivery. To me that is a delay.

Direct TV is waisting time. The SAT was going up last fall , it was ready then.

Why is it not there and out to sea.

Delay delay delay

[mini1]

I sent an e-mail to SS/L after searching their site for an e-mail address and getting the message frowarded a few times, I finally got someone to answer the question of why SS/L had not delivered the DirecTV 7s to the Sea Launch Commander. here is the response SS/L gave me below:
"Shortly after its launch on a Sea Launch rocket earlier this month [January], the Loral-built Estrela do Sul satellite experienced a deployment problem with one of its solar arrays. SS/L needs to be sure that there will not be a similar problem on its other satellites, including DIRECTV-7S. Loral is working closely with the launch provider Sea Launch to understand the cause of the EDS solar array failure and the launch schedule for D7S will be confirmed once the cause of the EDS anomaly is understood. At this time, D7S is still scheduled for launch mid-to-late first quarter."
~if I hear anymore I will post it here.:money: