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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1341668

A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.

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[โ€“] solidgrue 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On the one hand: GodDAMMIT, Boeing!

On the other hand: C'mon now, which one of you was fucking around with the Space Laser?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My bad. One of my Jewish friends let me borrow it and I couldn't help but push the big red button that says don't push

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hey! The paint didn't even dry!

.GNU Terry Prachett

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Suddenly or was it hit by something?

[โ€“] ramielrowe 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, if you get hit by something, that tends to happen suddenly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I mean as in intentional targeted hitting

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It might have been hit by something. Or it could have had a failure and blown itself up. The history of these buses and some previous observations on this satellite, plus Boeing being involved, makes me inclined to think it blew itself up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Kessler effectโ€ฆ here we go!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

โ€ฆ Boeing โ€ฆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shouldnt have been blowing that whistle!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's hard to fall out of the window in space, on account of not being able to fall and not having windows. But Boeing's got rocket scientists working on the problem!

[โ€“] AlbinoPython 2 points 2 months ago

Akshually, the satellite was falling the whole time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Engineering is busy not building planes....

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

So, just like the manufacturer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Anti Satellite weapon, or Boeing+rocketfuel?