Mildly InterestingEnglish · 4 days ago

A Starlink satellite broke apart in orbit after suffering an unexplained "anomaly"

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A Starlink satellite broke apart in orbit after suffering an unexplained "anomaly"

www.scientificamerican.com

Mildly InterestingEnglish · 4 days ago

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SpaceX Starlink satellite suffers mysterious ‘anomaly’ in orbit

www.scientificamerican.com

Elon Musk’s space Internet company said this satellite, which appears to have blown to pieces, did not appear to pose a risk to the ISS or the upcoming NASA moon mission

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RUD: https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/rapid-unplanned-disassembly-rud
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  That reminds me of the term Lithobraking.

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