cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1341668
A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1341668
A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
Suddenly or was it hit by something?
It might have been hit by something. Or it could have had a failure and blown itself up. The history of these buses and some previous observations on this satellite, plus Boeing being involved, makes me inclined to think it blew itself up.
I mean, if you get hit by something, that tends to happen suddenly.
I mean as in intentional targeted hitting