Kessler Syndrome anyone?
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2024
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There's not really a threat in geostationary orbits. It's a much bigger area with far fewer satellites.
However, the decay is horrible (or non-existant).
Depending on how many pieces it broke into that slot in the Geobelt is probably going to be unusable for years or decades.
The satellite went boing boing?
No, not double boing. It went triple boing.
It was the window seal.
Did it happen to have a beeper?
I did read about this yesterday, and as far as I know the name of the sat is intelsat 33e and its for communication purposes. I'm curious to know what really happen, how it broke.
That's not good. —Subtitle
puts on conspiracy hat
Did musk hit it with something?
Probably because it's very important that he is involved in every discussion, even if it doesn't initially involve him.
Nah, it obviously wanted to whistlelbow about Boeing.
Doubtful. Dude ain't got no ups.
Musk probably hit it with his signature offensive odor
You can't make this shit up lmao.
It was probably an emergency exit hatch for the magic rocket gas.