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Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit
(spacenews.com)
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The U.S. Space Command is reporting it has broken up as of Oct. 19th at 0430UTC. 20 pieces tracked currently.
Damn. Even if there are "no immediate threats", 20+ pieces in GEO doesn't sound like a fun time. I wonder what the cause was?
Being up that high, it probably got whack by a meteorite.