Intelsat 33e loses power in geostationary orbit

The U.S. Space Command is reporting it has broken up as of Oct. 19th at 0430UTC. 20 pieces tracked currently.

Damn. Even if there are "no immediate threats", 20+ pieces in GEO doesn't sound like a fun time. I wonder what the cause was?

Being up that high, it probably got whack by a meteorite.

Intelsat said it is working with satellite maker Boeing to address the anomaly, but “believe it is unlikely that the satellite will be recoverable.”

Another manufacturing surprise.