The U.S. Space Force is continuing to track debris from a Boeing satellite that reportedly exploded last week, affecting communications services across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region.
After almost eight years in orbit, Boeing’s Intelsat 33E satellite broke up in orbit on Oct. 19, its operator and the U.S. Space Force have confirmed.
In an email to The Epoch Times on Thursday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Space Forces—Space (S4S) division said it was monitoring 55 pieces of the Intelsat 33E satellite.
“The cause of the breakup is unknown,” the S4S spokesperson said....
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