shoulderoforion to Technology • 4 months agoLarge Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Piecesfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: space
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A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
minus-square@shalafilinkEnglish-6•4 months agoBoeing evil! Am I right! (laughter) It was probably space garbage, and that’s seriously alarming.
minus-square@rottingleaflinkEnglish8•4 months agoYou should look at some numbers before saying “probably”. It was much less probably space garbage than just Boeing. “Much less probably” here stands for “completely fucking irrelevant”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoThere are many organizations tracking space debris and most of it is in LEO, where this satellite was not.
Boeing evil! Am I right! (laughter)
It was probably space garbage, and that’s seriously alarming.
You should look at some numbers before saying “probably”. It was much less probably space garbage than just Boeing. “Much less probably” here stands for “completely fucking irrelevant”.
There are many organizations tracking space debris and most of it is in LEO, where this satellite was not.