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14-10-2006
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| Ding Dang Doo  Join Date: 31-01-2004 Location: Scotland
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My System: DreamBox 7000s - Nokia Freeview - Several GameBoys - DS Lite - ZX81 - SNES - N64 - Sega Saturn Dreamcast - PlayStation - Gamecube - PSP - iPod - iPhone - XBox - PS3 - Wii - No Life! |
Video of the Delta 2 Rocket carrying a new satellite GPS2R explodes shortly after takeoff. _http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7802725288795387471
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14-10-2006
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| Cachaceiro Join Date: 17-08-2005 Location: Worcs
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My System: Dreambox DM7025 + 90cm Fibo Dish with Moteck SG2100A mod + Inverto White 0.3dB lnb + 55cm Philips Gregorian + Stab HH-120 + modded BGSat 0.3dB lnb | I don't think your thread title is dramatic enough - could you change it to "When Good Satellites Go Bad..." | ||
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14-10-2006
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| Prince of Birthdays  Join Date: 28-09-2005 Location: Sweden
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My System: Dream7020 and lots of junk all over the place | What could I not done with those dollars ? Hate to see month, if not years, just burn up like that Still, some of them sats I can live withou  | ||
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14-10-2006
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| Sky Remote Breaker...  Join Date: 05-01-2006 Location: Near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos I'm a lazy git. Porty dish face blew off the mount, not too pleased... The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! | That looks very CGI-esque, with a mishmash of disaster videos edited in to me...
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14-10-2006
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| Super Moderator  Join Date: 08-03-2005 Location: J6 M5
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: DM7020S ~ DM500s ~ sg2100 ~ Gemini  If he were not a wizard, from head down to the root, you would have got to worry-your DB only boots | _http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6359454682944233574 | ||
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| Sky Remote Breaker... Join Date: 05-01-2006 Location: Near Pendle Hill, Lancashire
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My System: Mostly gathering dust cos I'm a lazy git. Porty dish face blew off the mount, not too pleased... The Sleepy Hollow pollracle has spoken! |
I feel sorry for her boyfriend/husband/whoeversheshags!!! 
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15-10-2006
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| Mod and septic resident  Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: London SW
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| Ariane 501 was the biggest firework I've seen _http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/ariane/ariane5/AR501/V88%20AR501%20video.mpg
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| Site administrator  Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 5 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/13E/16E /19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S  The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | The loss of Ariane V501 (the Cluster mission) was a damp squib compared to the Challenger explosion The first part of this video is a view of poor old Challenger I havent seen before. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6284129649680089261
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 5 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/13E/16E /19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Meanwhile half way round the world, the Chinese botched the launch of Intelsat 708 on Feb 15th 1996, and the rocket landed on a village causing an unknown number of fatalities. Cant find any video of the launch but heres a still
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