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Astra 1K Communications Satellite now Space Junk

Posted by michael on from the watch-out-below dept.

bachelor#3 writes "Astra 1K, which was to replace 3 other satellites, didn't make it. Launch services were being provided by International Launch Services. Here's a timeline, from T-minus 30 minutes onwards."

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  1. Iridium by Gary+Franczyk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats nothing! Compare that to Iridium, which had 66 satellites that became space junk shortly after being launched. :-)

  2. WooHOo by esac17 · · Score: 5, Funny

    MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Russia has failed to put a five-tonne European communications satellite properly into orbit and it will now circle uselessly until it eventually falls back to Earth, space officials said.

    Nice, does that mean we will have another chance at free tacos from taco bell! ??

  3. Re:Space Junk is like Earth Junk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude you are a freakin dumbass.

    Space is a LOT bigger than earth. Like 10 times bigger or something... at LEAST!

  4. It's a conspiracy! by bcwalrus · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't even send a satelite to its orbit, and you're telling me that we landed on the thing called "moon"?!

  5. A little perspective, please by Siriaan · · Score: 5, Funny

    You see, it goes like this: Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.