Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
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Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
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Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#2And 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
Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#3And 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 sustainabilit…
What happened to it? Any ideas?
Hit by something, or an internal problem?
Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#4Boeing again?
Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#5And 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 sustainabilit…
What happened to it? Any ideas? Hit by something, or an internal problem?
After what happened to Intelsat 29e (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19658800) it's probably an issue with the satellite bus.
Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#6Boeing again?
Indeed.
Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
What happened to it? Any ideas? Hit by something, or an internal problem?
After what happened to Intelsat 29e ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19658800 ) it's probably an issue with the satellite bus.
"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...
Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
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Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#9I wonder if debris in GEO orbit is a problem for other satellites in GEO orbits. It'll be up there for a very long time I guess.
But maybe it just stays orbiting at about the same velocity in the same orbit, so it's not really a big issue for other spacecraft in GEO?
Here's a Wikipedia page with some ideas about it (look for "Higher Altitudes") -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris
Re: Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
After what happened to Intelsat 29e ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19658800 ) it's probably an issue with the satellite bus.
"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...
Boeing would be very unlucky to lose two satellites with the same bus to external causes.