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A rogue satellite is floating through space, threatening to push into another satellite's orbit and interrupt cable TV programming in the United States.

But the company that owns the satellite says they've known about the problem for more than a month and that the impact on cable TV will be minimal.

Galaxy 15, a satellite that catches cable signals and beams them back to Earth, broke loose from its orbit and began a slow, out-of-control drift at about a tenth of a degree per day, according to its owners, communications company Intelsat.

At that rate, the satellite will be close enough for its signals to interfere with the other satellite's signals beginning May 23.

But Dianne VanBeber, a spokeswoman for Luxembourg-based Intelsat, said media reports over the past day or so have drastically overstated the potential impact on television viewers.

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