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Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit

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157 points milgrim | 2 comments | 21 Oct 24 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sharpshadow ◴[21 Oct 24 16:10 UTC] No.41905625[source]▶
Another blunder for Boeing right up next to naming things „Epic Next Generation“…

What’s with the missing insurance? Didn’t they get any insurance because of the previous debacle with a Intelsat where they couldn’t decide if it was a internal or external source? Who would pay now if debris causes damage?

Interesting to see the Space Force now mentioned and following the Wikipedia list[1] the standard procedure seem to be to create a new agency every couple of decades which takes over the previous one but with a new name. What are the reasons for this?

Edit: [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_forces,_units,...

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1. mynameisvlad ◴[21 Oct 24 16:56 UTC] No.41906033[source]▶
> Interesting to see the Space Force now mentioned and following the Wikipedia list[1] the standard procedure seem to be to create a new agency every couple of decades which takes over the previous one but with a new name. What are the reasons for this?

Is it a "standard operating procedure" if there are only two examples of it happening (and independent space forces in general)?

In any case, even for those that still aren't fully independent, it seems to be slowly separating air and space forces as space became a bigger player in the global arms race.

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2. ckozlowski ◴[21 Oct 24 17:18 UTC] No.41906219[source]▶
You're largely correct. Space has become a more important domain which is growing all of the time. There had been a complaint within the USAF hierarchy and in the government as a whole that the USAF had neglected the space mission. It's leadership was overwhelmingly representatives by those from it's fighter wings. Space was a command within the USAF, but was stifled in both budget and representation. The stars finally aligned for it to be broken off. While it still resides within the Department of the Air Force (similar to how the Marines are within the Department of the Navy), it's CO reports directly to the President and they are budgeted separately through Congress.