[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Insat-4B communications satellite suffered a power glitch July 7, forcing a shutdown of half of its transponder capacity, ISRO announced July 9.
    The satellite, launched in 2007 by Arianespace to support broadcasters Doordarshan’s and Sun Direct TV’s direct-to- home services, experienced a power supply anomaly in one of its two solar panels. Insat-4B carries 12 Ku-band and 12 C-band transponders. ISRO said it had to switch off six of each type of transponder following the anomaly.
    “An expert team is studying the possibilities of partial utilization of some of the transponders that were switched off and restoring the services at the earliest [possible time],” ISRO said in a statement.