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Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces (futurism.com)
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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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[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago

I don't know this smells of some pencil Pusher looking at an engineer going "can you bring the cost of that rubber o-ring down 13 cents"... "I know you were looking for a specific type of seal but I got this huge assortment pack right here from my local temu...."