shoulderoforion to Technology • 2 months agoLarge Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Piecesfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: space
arrow-up1614arrow-down1external-linkLarge Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Piecesfuturism.comshoulderoforion to Technology • 2 months agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: space
A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
minus-square@ChronosTriggerWarninglinkEnglish7•2 months agoWouldn’t it be a bit more concerning if it exploded into smaller, yet complete satellites…? Exploding “into pieces” seems downright SOP to me.
Wouldn’t it be a bit more concerning if it exploded into smaller, yet complete satellites…? Exploding “into pieces” seems downright SOP to me.