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A large satellite appears to be falling apart in geostationary orbit | Ars Technica

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-07-02 03:09:51
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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It is not clear what might have caused the AMC-9 satellite to become unresponsive.

Kessler syndrome?

Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/07/a-large-satellite-appears-to-be-falling-apart-in-geostationary-orbit/ [arstechnica.com]

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