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Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces (futurism.com)
submitted 20 hours ago by shoulderoforion@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Boeing evil! Am I right! (laughter)

It was probably space garbage, and that's seriously alarming.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 6 hours ago

There are many organizations tracking space debris and most of it is in LEO, where this satellite was not.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

You should look at some numbers before saying "probably". It was much less probably space garbage than just Boeing. "Much less probably" here stands for "completely fucking irrelevant".