Posted on 04/21/2019 12:39:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Luxembourg-based Intelsat reports that its Intelsat 29E satellite (IS-29E) is now a total loss, after having reported earlier that the spacecraft suffered an anomaly.
Late on April 7, 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..
That event caused a service outage on the Intelsat 29e satellite that affected maritime, aeronautical and wireless-operator customers in the Latin America, Caribbean and North Atlantic regions.
While working to recover the satellite, a second anomaly occurred, after which all efforts to recover the satellite were unsuccessful, Intelsat representatives said.
Intelsat's declaration of IS-29E a total loss "means it will continue to drift uncontrolled along its current orbit in GEO [geostationary orbit]," said T.S. Kelso, the operator of CelesTrak, a leading source for orbital element sets and related software to keep an eye on satellites and orbital debris.
Kelso tweeted on April 16 that the current situation with IS-29E "continues to be quite troubling," with the satellite spiraling around its spacecraft siblings IS-11 & IS-32E. Additionally, there are reports of 13 pieces of associated debris, he said.
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Was it the one that Mitt Romney is using to get instructions from Kolob?
One more step towards space debris critical density.
Use the Lepage Glue Gun to stabilize it.
Love, Yossarian
There’s far too much space junk up there ready to fall in someone’s backyard.
Must be CNN’s, fake news from junk.
it is a pity that they cannot program satellites like this to de-orbit if they suffer a catastrophic failure. Let the junk burn up in the atmosphere.
It’s all potential dangerous space debris, whether working or not.
First Space X, now this...”anomaly”. Why can’t they just say stuff failed or blew up?
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That’s where I first heard it. Best Wang Chung song IMO.
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Who are these anomaly aliens?
We must attack before it is too late.
The contradiction there is between “catastrophic failure” and “program ... to [do]”. Catastrophic failure implies that control is lost.
Anomaly: Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule. (WordWeb) Boeing in the news again.
Real photographs or it didn’t happen.
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Thanks fieldmarshaldj.
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