Intelsat 33e Debris Discovery

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ExoAnalytic observes 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e breakup

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U.S.-based space-tracking company has identified about 500 pieces of debris from Intelsat 33e's recent breakup.

ExoAnalytic Solutions has observed 108 of these pieces in the last 24 hours , company says.

It is too early to say whether parts of IntelsAt 33e could hit another object in orbit after the satellite broke up Oct. 19 , which could create more debris.

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