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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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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 28 points 6 months ago

That's gonna leave a mess.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 19 points 6 months ago

Fortunately, Boeing is a responsible entity and will plan on cleaning it up... right?

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 6 months ago

I hope not "Gravity" movie levels of mess..

[-] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Geostationary orbit is waaaaay high.

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