cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1341668

A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.

16 points

On the one hand: GodDAMMIT, Boeing!

On the other hand: C’mon now, which one of you was fucking around with the Space Laser?

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11 points

My bad. One of my Jewish friends let me borrow it and I couldn’t help but push the big red button that says don’t push

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Hey! The paint didn’t even dry!

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GNU Terry Prachett

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10 points

Suddenly or was it hit by something?

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I mean, if you get hit by something, that tends to happen suddenly.

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I mean as in intentional targeted hitting

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It might have been hit by something. Or it could have had a failure and blown itself up. The history of these buses and some previous observations on this satellite, plus Boeing being involved, makes me inclined to think it blew itself up.

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8 points

Kessler effect… here we go!

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7 points

… Boeing …

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5 points

Shouldnt have been blowing that whistle!

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It’s hard to fall out of the window in space, on account of not being able to fall and not having windows. But Boeing’s got rocket scientists working on the problem!

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Akshually, the satellite was falling the whole time.

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Engineering is busy not building planes…

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