Roscosmos say they're now tracking 80 pieces of debris from the Intelsay 33e breakup in GEO, and it poses a hazard to their own satellites.
(No obvious reason to disbelieve this information: it'll be confirmed or disproven very soon.)
https://mastodon.social/@Ohsin/113352949709428619
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2024-10-22 20:34:05
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