The Intelsat 29e communications satellite (in geostationary orbit) has been hit by something - maybe debris.
Timelapse video here (impact occurs at 26sec)
https://youtu.be/aqPrVn71IqY
In turn it creates its own cloud of debris :(
Mark
Wow, I wonder how that got videoed?
Carole
Quote from: Carole
Wow, I wonder how that got videoed?
I wondered the same thing. So I Googled ExoAnalytic and found they have a global network of small telescopes for monitoring satellites. They sell their services to satellite operators, or anyone sending stuff into space.
Their Facebook page has the following quote:
"The Intelsat 29e problem comes amid a string of satellite issues in geostationary orbit."
Could it be linked to India's stupid experiment to use a satellite as target practice?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/02/a-terrible-thing-nasa-condemns-indias-destruction-of-satellite-and-resulting-space-junk
Mark
I think you may be right. I did hear about that but didn't put two and two together.
Carole
Unless theres something else going on up there...???
:alien2: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien:
Roger
QuoteUnless theres something else going on up there...???
:alien2: :alien: :alien: :alien: :alien:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Worth looking at the link, as below, which was in the Youtube info. Explains a little more to the background as the satellite had already started to drift and was being watched after giving trouble with loss of communications ~ may be an internal event was actually the cause. I wonder if it was already tumbling which might explain why it dims prior to the obvious event at 26 secs?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/new-video-of-intelsat-29e-satellite-reveals-dramatic-anomaly/
Hugh
That's very impressive satellite tracking !
Quote from: RobertM
That's very impressive satellite tracking !
It's a geostationary satellite ;)