Sun Flares Disrupt Dish Signals
EchoStar Communications Corp. confirmed Friday that high levels of solar
activity temporarily disrupted its broadcast operations overnight Thursday.
The flares affected an undisclosed number of transponders on the
direct-broadcast satellite company's birds at 119 degrees west longitude. All of
the channels were up and running by Friday morning, a spokesman
said.
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