threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days agoIntelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbitspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkIntelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbitspacenews.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareskysurfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-216 days agoThe U.S. Space Command is reporting it has broken up as of Oct. 19th at 0430UTC. 20 pieces tracked currently.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-216 days agoDamn. Even if there are “no immediate threats”, 20+ pieces in GEO doesn’t sound like a fun time. I wonder what the cause was?
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·16 days agoBeing up that high, it probably got whack by a meteorite.
The U.S. Space Command is reporting it has broken up as of Oct. 19th at 0430UTC. 20 pieces tracked currently.
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?
Being up that high, it probably got whack by a meteorite.