“in space no one can hear you scream”
Boeing satellites: “AHHHHHH!!!”
Comment on Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces
echodot@feddit.uk 1 year ago
That’s actually quite impressive because most satellites just don’t do anything when they die. Bones vehicles die with flare, and depressing regularity
bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 year ago
yogurt@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s only because they’re designed with passivation to vent tanks and disconnect batteries to remove sources of explosion when they start to die. If that fails the tanks eventually pop from thermal cycling or the solar panels overcharge the battery until it blows up like a Russian satellite did earlier this year.