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submitted 10 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

That's gonna leave a mess.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago

Fortunately, Boeing is a responsible entity and will plan on cleaning it up... right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I hope not "Gravity" movie levels of mess..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Geostationary orbit is waaaaay high.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Kessler Syndrome anyone?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

There's not really a threat in geostationary orbits. It's a much bigger area with far fewer satellites.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

That's not good. —Subtitle

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

You can't make this shit up lmao.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Boeing evil! Am I right! (laughter)

It was probably space garbage, and that's seriously alarming.

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