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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/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@lemmy.world 16 points 10 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€“] bizarroland@fedia.io 11 points 10 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€“] Ludrol@szmer.info 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hey! The paint didn't even dry!

.GNU Terry Prachett

[โ€“] BonerMan@ani.social 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Suddenly or was it hit by something?

[โ€“] ramielrowe@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] BonerMan@ani.social 2 points 10 months ago

I mean as in intentional targeted hitting

[โ€“] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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€“] rauls4@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Kessler effectโ€ฆ here we go!

[โ€“] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 7 points 10 months ago

โ€ฆ Boeing โ€ฆ

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shouldnt have been blowing that whistle!

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 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@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Akshually, the satellite was falling the whole time.

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 10 months ago

Engineering is busy not building planes....

[โ€“] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

So, just like the manufacturer.

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Anti Satellite weapon, or Boeing+rocketfuel?