A large satellite appears to be falling apart in geostationary orbit

ExoAnalytic Solutions

On the morning of June 17th, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES lost control of a large satellite in geostationary space, nearly 36,000km above the Earth's surface. Shortly after, the satellite operator began working with another company that specializes in space situational awareness to track its drifting machine, AMC-9. Then a few days ago that company, ExoAnalytic Solutions, began seeing the AMC-9 satellite fragment.

"We have seen several pieces come off of it over the past several days," ExoAnalytic's chief executive officer, Doug Hendrix, told Ars. "We are tracking at least one of the pieces. I would hesitate to say we know for sure what happened."

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