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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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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

So in addition to the Boeing low hanging fruit - feels like the opener to a scifi story involving either covert space weapons testing or the start to some kind of extraterrestrial invasion. 😁

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

J E W I S H. S P A C E. L A S E R S!

[-] fnrir@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago

The YHVH cosmic canons

[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 6 points 22 hours ago

It was the window seal.

[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It burnt down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

[-] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Kessler Syndrome anyone?

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

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[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 1 day ago

That's not good. —Subtitle

[-] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

You can't make this shit up lmao.

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