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Intelsat 33e breaks up in geostationary orbit

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168 points milgrim | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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dylan604 ◴[21 Oct 24 14:57 UTC] No.41904905[source]▶
From TFA, this bird is the 2nd in this "next generation" of satellites. The first one also failed because either "a meteoroid impact or a wiring flaw that led to an electrostatic discharge following heightened solar weather activity."

That's a pretty specific flaw to then just write it off to a meteor.

So they are 0 for 2. Does not instill confidence in this "next generation" at all.

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1. thehappypm ◴[24 Oct 24 13:36 UTC] No.41935346[source]▶
“Either a strike from a meteor, OR this highly specific wiring problem. Could be either! ” is actually pretty funny