SpainSat NG II satellite, owned by Hisdesat and launched on 23 October, 2025, was hit by a "space particle" during orbit raising.

The extent of the damage is unknown but the Jan 2 press release says that "If necessary, SpainSat NG II will be replaced as soon as possible."

The impact occurred at 50,000 km, not LEO. 50,000 km is odd since geostationary orbit altitude = 35,786 km (42,164 km from center of earth).

Space debris or space rock?

@sundogplanets
https://www.indragroup.com/en/news/the-spainsat-ng-ii-satellite-suffers-an-external-impact-during-transfer-to-its-orbital-position

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The NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft is currently sending a 4:20 hour playback of data from its 8-track digital tape recorder (DTR).

Tx rate = 1.4 kbps instead of the normal 160 bps; it requires simultaneous reception by 5 antennas at the NASA DSN Madrid site.

1.4 kbps * 4:20 hours = 2.7 Mbytes

The DTR records data from the plasma wave instrument which is sent to Earth twice a year..

Several issues onboard and on the ground have prevented such playback since July 2024.

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/dsn.html
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Apenas a 20 segundos de vuelo el cohete ha perdido propulsión y se ha estrellado contra el suelo.

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What you’re seeing is a map of the 106 CCD detectors that Gaia used to measure the positions of billions of stars in the Milky Way for the past 11 years 🛰️✨

They were turned off in a special sequence … 😕

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