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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 00:15:47 JST Flipboard Science Desk

The U.S. Space Force is tracking a new debris field after communications satellite breaks apart.
From @Gizmodo: "The Intelsat 33e satellite, designed to provide communication services to Europe, Africa, and parts of the Asia-Pacific region, lost power after experiencing an anomaly on Saturday, satellite provider Intelsat announced."
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1. Space Force Is Tracking New Debris Field After Communications Satellite Breaks Apart
  
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  This follows the failure of another satellite from the same series that may have been due to a meteoroid impact.

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