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Talk about lost in space. Intelsat, a communications company, says it has lost control of one of its satellites. The rogue satellite is likely to drift into the path of another satellite, possibly interfering with the latter's ability to transmit cable and satellite TV programming to the United States.

It was probably a solar storm that caused Intelsat to lose control of the Galaxy 15 satellite on April 5. It is now moving toward the AMC 11 satellite, which serves all U.S. cable and satellite systems. SES, the owner of AMC 11, says interference is likely though they'll try to minimize it.

So which systems are to be affected? The Associated Press got on the phone and here's the roundup: "DirecTV Inc., the largest U.S. satellite TV company, said it will not be affected. Comcast Corp. said it was monitoring the situation. Cox Communications Inc. said it could not immediately specify if its service would be affected and Dish Network Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Charter Communications Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp. had no statements on the matter or did not return Associated Press calls seeking comment."

See AP story and ABC News video.