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submitted 2 weeks ago by shoulderoforion@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm honestly happy to see that it just had a fuel malfunction instead of the implication of an outside cause...

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That was a previous satellite. This one appears to still be unknown if I'm not mistaken.

Makes me wonder if we have some Kessler Syndrome on our hands... 👀👀👀

Probably not. Anyway.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, blowing up satellites and cutting undersea internet cables would be (a short) prelude to world war III.

[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

aliens

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it would take a lot longer than you expect with those shenanigans, but its still not good yeah.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah it was both