Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces

It was probably a whistleblower satellite.

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.

That's actually quite impressive because most satellites just don't do anything when they die. Boeing's vehicles die with flare, and depressing regularity

What, was it blowing a whistle?

Man they are just on fire lately

Did the front fall off?

Great, more bits of dangerous junk in orbit. The fuckers should have to clear up their mess before it fucks up other satellites.

This is slightly concerning. Satellites don't tend to explode on their own, but it is a Boeing design with a history of leaky propulsion, so who knows?

...was designed and manufactured by Boeing Space Systems and launched in 2016. It provided broadband services, including internet and phone communication services, to parts of Europe, Africa, and most of Asia.

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.

Could be a coincidence, but I feel "Boeing leaks" approaching "Samsung exploding" levels of memification (where they had washers, phones and some other things all exploding, and the look was not great).

Samsung shook the meme off, but I feel like Boeing will have a harder time.

Boeing killed John Barnett.

Another Unsafe Product, Brought To You By Boeing!

Boeing: outsources to an outsourcer who outsources to an outsourcer who outsources to an outsourcer who outsources to an outsourcer and so on and still has the shamelessness of appearing surprised at the shit quality and reliability they deliver

Wow, Boeing keeps finding new and interesting ways to be incompetent. They seriously need their entire C-suite replaced with engineering types.

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:

... 7 Members of Hezbollah Injured.

I'm not really into the stock market, but I would not buy Boeing at the moment.

That's gonna leave a mess.

If it hadnt exploded into peices,what would it havr exploded into instead?

Rapid unscheduled disassembly.

Plus “Into pieces” is rather unnecessary there.

Was it a Satellite Max?

Satellite: "But I wasn't boing anything wrong!"

🎶 It's not the best choice it's Spacers Choice!🎶

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

So now this satellite can be an "anomaly" for another satellite, and the circle of life continues...

Jack Welch is up there with the guy who invented leaded gasoline and the chemicals that put holes in the ozone.

did you know that high powered lasers are invisible to the naked eye without a sufficient particulate medium to pass through?

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. 😁

It burnt down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

The door plug again?

J E W I S H. S P A C E. L A S E R S!

Wouldn't it be a bit more concerning if it exploded into smaller, yet complete satellites..? Exploding "into pieces" seems downright SOP to me.

Kessler Syndrome anyone?

That's not good. —Subtitle

Did it happen to have a beeper?

The satellite went boing boing?

You can't make this shit up lmao.

It was the window seal.

I did read about this yesterday, and as far as I know the name of the sat is intelsat 33e and its for communication purposes. I'm curious to know what really happen, how it broke.

It was probably an emergency exit hatch for the magic rocket gas.

puts on conspiracy hat

Did musk hit it with something?

Boeing evil! Am I right! (laughter)

It was probably space garbage, and that's seriously alarming.