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ThrowawayTestr ◴[] No.41904665[source]
How does a satellite break up in orbit? Was it struck by something?
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1. mattofak ◴[] No.41904768[source]
Could be struck by a micrometeorite, or if they were doing a station keeping maneuver something could have gone wrong with a thruster. (Apparently the first in it's class Intelsat-29e was lost due to a fuel leak, so maybe there is something systemically wrong in the spacecraft bus.)