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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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Hey! The paint didn't even dry!

.GNU Terry Prachett

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Suddenly or was it hit by something?

[โ€“] ramielrowe 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I mean as in intentional targeted hitting

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago

Kessler effectโ€ฆ here we go!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

โ€ฆ Boeing โ€ฆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Shouldnt have been blowing that whistle!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago

Akshually, the satellite was falling the whole time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

Engineering is busy not building planes....

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

So, just like the manufacturer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Anti Satellite weapon, or Boeing+rocketfuel?