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

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

    • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours 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.