The Boeing-made Intelsat 33e satellite broke apart in orbit over the weekend. But company representatives don’t yet know why.
Boeing management should start calling their ex-girlfriends and begging them to take the curse off.
Obviously the satellite was a whistleblower and this was just a tragic accident.
I really hope it just broke apart… because the alternative is that somebody has an anti-satellite weapon that is fairly discreet (not as obvious as a missile fired from the ground) and that they’re willing to actively use.
Occam’s Razor - micrometeorite or space debris
Could also be the massive amount of space debris ripped of a new one
Space lasers are real!!
I remember watching a Tech Ingredients video where I think they did the math on space lasers, I think the conclusion was that it would be technically possible to significantly impact local earth surface temperature with one. (Might’ve been a degree or two extra for 10km² or something like that, with a huge satellite, maybe around the size of Hubble, or bigger.)
Of course, there’s no reason to believe some politicians’ insane ramblings about “Jewish Space Lasers”.
Edit, found the video: https://youtu.be/-MVs37rxJL0?si=4Ztwq-FyOiB0uZqI
If the topic seems insane, the caveat at 31:50 should probably correct the tone. This man doesn’t actually believe space lasers were used to start a big grass fire.
Also, I remembered all the numbers very wrong.
I wouldn’t trust a Boeing condom at this point.
Meteoroid?
I’m sure the right organizations know.
https://www.axios.com/2020/07/23/russia-space-anti-satellite-weapons-test
Was it “Made By Boeing” sticker?
You sunk my battleship? You bunked my satellite!
I mean, I have a theory…
The answer is in the headline…
