Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/satellites-keep-breaking-up-in-space-insurance-wont-cover-them

by nradov • 1 year ago

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zeristor• 1 year ago

https://archive.ph/d1PZ6

userbinator• 1 year ago

I wonder if salvaging the orbiting debris may become profitable sometime in the near future.

privatelypublic• 1 year ago

Unless people are buying that orbit- never.

dotancohen3• 1 year ago

The debris is worthless. The orbit, were it freed of debris, may be valuable.

worthless-trash• 1 year ago

Whoever pays for the cleaning benefits anyone putting things into orbit, and bears the cost (without the profit) of that orbits previous space usage.

Cleaning up someone elses space trash has the same problem that cleaning up someone elses earth trash, the lesson is never learned and it creates a habit of not being responsible for your own garbage.

bix62• 1 year ago

Not necessarily profitable but necessary. Debris will kill other satellites as it drifts to other orbits.

timewizard• 1 year ago

The event comes as a surprise given that the satellite only was in operation for seven years, while other satellites like it are rated for between 15 to 20 years of work. "We are coordinating with the satellite manufacturer, Boeing, and government agencies to analyze data and observations," Intelsat officials added in their statement.

Yea. Hard to figure out.

bix62• 1 year ago

Can we let Boeing fail already? The vacuum would allow others to step in. You know people who actually want to make flying things that work.

dodslaser• 1 year ago

If you take the "works" part out of the equation they seem really eager though. They regularly take a single flying thing and turn it into many flying things.

pclmulqdq• 1 year ago

As funny as this is, sometimes shit happens in space. We may be seeing early effects of having a huge amount of orbiting space junk.

Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them

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