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A Boeing-made satellite has been deemed a “total loss” following a space “anomaly,” operator Intelsat said in a statement on Monday.
Issues with the IS-33e that was launched in August 2016 and entered service in January 2017 were first publicized by Intelsat on Saturday. The McLean, Virginia, company said then that the service outage on the satellite affected customers in Europe, Africa and parts of the Asia-Pacific region.
“The satellite experienced an anomaly on October 19, resulting in a loss of power and service to customers,” a statement said. “We are working closely with Boeing, the satellite manufacturer, to address the situation. Based on the information available to us, we believe it is unlikely that the satellite will be recoverable.”
Two days after the “anomaly” was reported, Intelsat said it “resulted in the total loss of…
