New video of Intelsat 29e satellite reveals dramatic “anomaly”

After another satellite went out of service in geostationary orbit this week, at least temporarily, new data now suggests the spacecraft may not be recoverable. For now, Hendrix said the company will work backward, reviewing data to try and determine whether some kind of external event, such as a micro-meteorite or existing debris in the geostationary environment, might have caused the initial problem with the satellite, which was only three years old and near the beginning of its on-orbit lifetime. The Intelsat 29e anomaly comes amid a string of satellite issues in geostationary orbit, where large communications and observation satellites can look down at the same area of the planet without expending fuel to maintain their position.

Source: arstechnica.com