As space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any insurance at all. To compensate, companies are ...

FCC has given Intelsat the green light to support IFC on alternative satellites, following the in-orbit breakup of the Intelsat 33e satellite.

Debris from the broken-apart Intelsat 33e telecom satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation shows.

On October 19, 2024, Boeing’s Intelsat 33e, a high-stakes communication satellite, abruptly failed and broke apart while in geostationary orbit, 35,000 kilometers above Earth. Known as a part of ...

Intelsat also reported that IS-33e had struggled to maintain its orbital position. This resulted in unexpectedly high use of its thruster rockets.

Boeing’s Intelsat 33e satellite mysteriously disintegrated in orbit, scattering debris. Investigations are ongoing to identify the cause.

The communications satellite Intelsat 33e, built by Boeing, unexpectedly broke apart in orbit over the weekend, creating at least 20 pieces of space debris.

Boeing's Intelsat 33e satellite — a large communications satellite — has mysteriously broken up in orbit, scattering at least 20 chunks of space junk across Earth's skies and affecting users across ...

Intelsat, the company that owned the satellite, said in a news release on Oct. 21 that the Intelsat 33e satellite was confirmed as a total loss due to an anomaly reported on Oct. 19.