Boeing-made satellite explodes in space

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On a serious note, if humans are capable of sending satellites across the universe with seemingly perfect precision, is there not someone who could predict where the pieces of satellite would end up after long periods of time?  What's the likelihood it was intentionally sabatoged to safely destruct others under the guise of a mistake?

It's entirely possible to predict in the short term where pieces of satellite will end up, but the calculations are insane to figure out what small pieces are going to do long term after a satellite breaks up. They don't stay in orbit long, if they're in LEO. They'll stay longer in geosynchronous orbit, but eventually they'll decay there as well.