Sudden failure of Intelsat IS-33e satellite forces fresh look at company’s five remaining Boeing 702-MP models

UPDATE Oct. 21: This story has been updated to include Intelsat's answers to questions.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The sudden failure Oct. 19 of Intelsat’s IS-33e satellite in geostationary orbit raises questions about a failure review of the 2019 failure of the IS-29e , also a Boeing-built EpicNG 702 MP model.

Both failures were caused by a sudden loss of power from which they did not recover. A review of the IS-29 failure in 2019 concluded that “the anomaly was either caused by . . .

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