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To: SJ - Stephen who wrote (8607)	5/20/1998 12:08:00 PM
From: SJ - Stephen	Respond to of 16892

FYI OFFTOPIC... Concerning Galaxy 4.... MAJOR COMPANY/INDUSTRY NEWS: (All prices as of 10:30 a.m. ET) ** A communications satellite operated by PANAMSAT CORP. (SPOT: 55-1/4, - 2-1/4) spun out of control, interrupting service to millions of pager users and disrupting behind-the-scenes television transmissions across the country. Galaxy 4 started having problems Tuesday afternoon, said a company technician who asked not to be named. The company was still able to communicate with the satellite, and technicians hoped to restore it to working order. Scott Baradell, a spokesman for PageNet, one of several paging companies whose services were interrupted, estimated that 80 to 90% of the 40 million to 45 million U.S. pager users lost service. The only customers not affected were those whose connections are through ground-based radio transmitters, he said. (CNNfn) SJ