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Julian Dossett

BIZARRE: How a leap year mistake knocked out a oneweb satellite for 2 days - You Need To See This

An artist's illustration of a OneWeb internet satellite in orbit.

On the last day of 2024, Eutelsat's OneWeb satellite broadband service that covers much of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas was hit with a 48-hour power outage — and, oddly enough, it's because of the leap year.

Apparently, the company didn’t account for the extra day in 2024 in at least one of their systems, which created a timing issue.

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