I was watching NBC via Comcast tonight and there was an instant when the signal went out briefly.
Its obvious to me, the signal interruption was caused by an irresponsible pilot flying his Phantom into the Comcast satellite. I'm not sure how he circumvented the 500m altitude restriction - but I'm 99% certain it was a drone collision!
Birds don't go near satellites because to a bird, the satellites look like giant cats (they mistake the various antenna arrays for whiskers) and everyone knows that plastic bags disintegrate upon entering the stratosphere - nor can a plastic bag interfere with a TV channel higher than #49 due to the respective wavelengths of the lower channel numbers and common plastic. (It's simple physics people!)
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This is the fifth time this week that I've personally thought that a drone has collided with a communications satellite which proves that this might happen a lot more than I sometimes think it does!
The frequency of my thoughts about these satellite/drone collisions makes it clear that we require more regulations for drone operators - specifically rules prohibiting UAV's from flying anywhere within 500m of communications satellites and 1 mile from GPS satellites.
Imagine if it had been a GPS satellite! The collision could have caused bad GPS data to be sent to all of us - making us all late for dinner because bad GPS directions sent us to the wrong restaurants!
Satellites only have very basic collision avoidance systems and can't be expected to maneuver out of the way every time some irresponsible pilot sends a UAV towards them. Help protect our hobby! The next time you see a pilot flying towards a satellite - tell him to be extra careful - especially if it happens to be in the middle of Game of Thrones!