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Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces (futurism.com)
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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.

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[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Shouldnt have been blowing that whistle!

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's hard to fall out of the window in space, on account of not being able to fall and not having windows. But Boeing's got rocket scientists working on the problem!

[โ€“] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Akshually, the satellite was falling the whole time.

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

Engineering is busy not building planes....