US military satellite explodes above Earth

The Telegraph ^ | 02 Mar 2015 | Matthew Sparkes

[muffaletaman]

A US military satellite exploded after detecting an unexplained “sudden spike in temperature”, sending dozens of chunks of debris tumbling into different orbits around Earth. ===== Air Force Space Command confirmed to SpaceNews.com that the “catastrophic event” came after “a sudden spike in temperature” was detected, followed by “an unrecoverable loss of attitude control”.

While operators were deciding how to “render the vehicle safe” they detected a debris cloud which indicated that the satellite had been destroyed.

[M Kehoe]

Did anyone mention aliens?

5.56mm

[Pollster1]

I suspect Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

[henkster]

It was oddly hilarious when a CNN reporteret acted like it was another accident when the second plane hit the second tower. Then she snapped out of it.

Proof that liberalism is a sign of lower intellect. I was getting my son ready for school when Mrs. henkster told me a plane flew into the WTC (first one). My response was "what do they have against those buildings?" I knew immediately what it was, and who did it. I would guess most everyone who posts here had the same realization.

[Political Junkie Too]

They're not saying what part of the earth it was over when it was shot down?

-PJ

[skimbell]

"...someone shot it down via advanced technical means..."

Probably some of that Magic Muzzi scientific chit that 0 keeps telling us about.

[JRios1968]

[cuban leaf]

Yep. I remember the day vividly. The second merely confirmed what I already assumed.

[massmike]

Must be the work of Marvin the Martian and his Illudium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator Cannon .....

[Zeppo]

Clearly it was caused by the same solar electricity generating plant that has been turning overflying birds into streaks of flaming feathers and puffs of smoke, only this time the overflying ‘bird’ was in orbit. Sorry about that, guys...

Just kidding. Actually, it was aliens. Illegal aliens, that is. With frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.

[bmwcyle]

Shark Lasers

[cymbeline]

“reporteret”

Rush’s dictionary spells it “reporterette”, very feminine wouldn’t you say?

[Revel]

There goes the nuclear battery.

[The Cajun]

Fairly old bird, wonder if there was any maneuvering fuel left in it?

Some of that stuff don't mix very well if there was an internal leak.

[Jeff Gordon]

I suspect that the USA, itself, was testing a Laser weapon on an obsolete satellite.

[cuban leaf]

Oh, yes! ;-)

[jonascord]

I'd like to offer another option:

How about orbital junk damaging the photovoltaic panel driven battery charging system and the onboard batteries over charging and cooking off?

I'll admit it's not as much fun as aliens or the KGB, with a laser pointer, or space sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads, but it's a lot easier to duplicate.

[MrB]

Beat me to it.

[Sergio]

It was sharks...with laser beams on their foreheads.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Gotta flush that radiator every 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles, I tells ya...

[Dubh_Ghlase]

How many may have already been taken out, and haven't been reported yet. Or what we may have or will do in return?

WWIII is in progress...