What would happen if a meteor ever hit a satellite?

Pretty much it's what you expect. If the meteor is little, it might not be noticeable, if it's big, it can destroy the satellite completely, with bit and pieces flying all over. read more

Pretty much it’s what you expect. If the meteor is little, it might not be noticeable, if it’s big, it can destroy the satellite completely, with bit and pieces flying all over. read more

But one spacecraft, the European communications satellite OLYMPUS, could not take precautionary measures. OLYMPUS already had been dealt an unlucky blow by a sporadic meteoroid, which disabled one solar array's pointing system. So OLYMPUS was stuck facing the oncoming Perseid stream. read more

They're not destroyed very often, but it certainly does happen. In 2009 a defunct Soviet communications satellite collided with a US communications satellite, generating thousands of pieces of debris which are still floating in orbit. In 2007 China shot down one of its own satellites in a military demonstration. read more