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The Intelsat 33e satellite, in Geo-synchronous orbit over the Indian Ocean, has been destroyed.
Intelligence sources tell me the satellite went offline on October 19 and the satellite systems people thought it was a power failure.
Radar imagery, however, tells quite a different story.
I can report tonight that Intelsat 33e is now at least twenty (20) separate pieces of debris. The satellite has been destroyed.
This satellite provided communication services for mostly Europe and parts of Africa from over the Indian Ocean area of Earth, at an orbit about 22,236 miles above the planet.
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