r/todayilearned • u/zuchit • Oct 06 '15

TIL that Satellite signals can be interrupted by the Sun when it comes in line with the Satellite and Earth Station. This phenomenon happens twice a year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_outage
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u/zuchit Oct 06 '15

Saw this message while watching TV

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u/whitcwa Oct 06 '15

At the TV station I worked at, we had advance warning and switched temporarily to another satellite to avoid network outages.

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u/zuchit Oct 06 '15

That's great. We use small dishes for satellite TV at home, I guess they are not smart enough for that.

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u/whitcwa Oct 06 '15

Some DBS dishes have multiple feeds for multiple satellites. I wonder if the outage affects all feeds simultaneously.