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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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[-] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 months ago

Kessler Syndrome anyone?

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There's not really a threat in geostationary orbits. It's a much bigger area with far fewer satellites.

[-] batist@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

However, the decay is horrible (or non-existant).

[-] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Depending on how many pieces it broke into that slot in the Geobelt is probably going to be unusable for years or decades.

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