Hughes Using Moon

Hughes Global Services (HGS) is gradually moving a previously-stranded commercial communications satellite into position near the Moon so that lunar gravity can be used to sling the spacecraft back to Earth and into at least a partially usable orbit. The novel and fast-paced salvage effort involves...

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