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by milgrim 603 days ago
And Space-Track (https://www.space-track.org) says the following:

U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) has confirmed the breakup of Intelsat 33E (#41748, 2016-053B) in GEO on October 19, 2024, at approximately 0430 UTC. Currently tracking around 20 associated pieces - analysis ongoing. S4S has observed no immediate threats and is continuing to conduct routine conjunction assessments to support the safety and sustainability of the space domain.

This is the same Boeing 702MP satellite bus as the one used for Intelsat 29e, which had this anomaly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19658800
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FatalLogic 603 days ago
What happened to it? Any ideas?

Hit by something, or an internal problem?

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milgrim 603 days ago
After what happened to Intelsat 29e (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19658800) it's probably an issue with the satellite bus.
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FatalLogic 603 days ago
"Late on 7 April, the Intelsat 29e propulsion system experienced damage that caused a leak of the propellant on board the satellite resulting in a service disruption to customers on the satellite." [0]

Intelsat 29e, way back in 2019, but that's interesting. Some kind of onboard issue?

[0] https://www.intelsat.com/newsroom/intelsat-29e-service-outag...

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milgrim 603 days ago
Boeing would be very unlucky to lose two satellites with the same bus to external causes.
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