A satellite belonging to multinational service provider Intelsat mysteriously broke up in geostationary orbit over the weekend.
It was probably a whistleblower satellite.
That satellite was about to reveal company secrets
The secret is that Boeing is run by criminally careless assholes. Wait, that’s not a secret.
Kessler Syndrome anyone?
Surprised Pikachu face…
IS-33e was the second satellite to be launched as part of Boeing’s “next generation” EpicNG platform. The first, dubbed IS-29e, failed due to a propulsion system fuel leak.
I see a pattern.
Hmm, sounds like Boeing needs to fire more engineers.
And increase C-level compensation, of course.
And do some more stock buybacks and raise dividends, of course.
There really is no other option.
Just gonna throw this idea out there:
What if they hired a bunch of engineers who graduated from sketchy, unaccredited colleges in foreign countries and paid them half as much much?
An epic pattern my be on the horizon?
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Did the front fall off?
I guess space is technically out of the environment.
They thought it did … so they tried turning it off then on again … and it exploded.
“Did it pass the smoke test?”
“Kinda… There’s no smoke, anyway…”
That line was really funny. The first time we heard it. Many years ago.
Not my fault it’s still relevant.
You should tow it out of the environment or something.
Boeing evil! Am I right! (laughter)
It was probably space garbage, and that’s seriously alarming.
IS-33e was the second satellite to be launched as part of Boeing’s “next generation” EpicNG platform. The first, dubbed IS-29e, failed due to a propulsion system fuel leak. Intelsat declared the satellite a total loss in April 2019, later attributing it to either a micrometeoroid strike or solar weather activity.
What caused IS-33e to break up in orbit remains unclear, however. Intesalt officials did observe that it was using far more fuel than it should be to maintain its orbit shortly after launching eight years ago, shaving off 3.5 years of its 15-year lifetime.
Boeing produces more leaks than this guy:
Another Unsafe Product, Brought To You By Boeing!
You can’t make this shit up lmao.
So in addition to the Boeing low hanging fruit - feels like the opener to a scifi story involving either covert space weapons testing or the start to some kind of extraterrestrial invasion. 😁
That’s gonna leave a mess.
Fortunately, Boeing is a responsible entity and will plan on cleaning it up… right?
I hope not “Gravity” movie levels of mess…
Geostationary orbit is waaaaay high.
That’s not good. —Subtitle