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Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit (spacenews.com)
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[–] skysurfer@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The U.S. Space Command is reporting it has broken up as of Oct. 19th at 0430UTC. 20 pieces tracked currently.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Damn. Even if there are "no immediate threats", 20+ pieces in GEO doesn't sound like a fun time. I wonder what the cause was?

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Being up that high, it probably got whack by a meteorite.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

Intelsat said it is working with satellite maker Boeing to address the anomaly, but “believe it is unlikely that the satellite will be recoverable.”

Another manufacturing surprise.