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Otter@lemmy.ca to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces

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Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces

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

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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    On the one hand: GodDAMMIT, Boeing!

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

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      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

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        Hey! The paint didn’t even dry!

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        GNU Terry Prachett

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    Suddenly or was it hit by something?

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

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        I mean as in intentional targeted hitting

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      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.

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    Kessler effect… here we go!

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    … Boeing …

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    Shouldnt have been blowing that whistle!

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      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!

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        Akshually, the satellite was falling the whole time.

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        Engineering is busy not building planes…

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    So, just like the manufacturer.

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    Anti Satellite weapon, or Boeing+rocketfuel?

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