threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoIntelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbitspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkIntelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbitspacenews.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareskysurfer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 month 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-21 month 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-squareshortwavesurferlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month 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.