THE HGS-1 COMMUNICATIONS
THE HGS-1 COMMUNICATIONS satellite that Hughes Space and Communications has flown twice around the Moon has been placed in geosynchronous orbit over the Pacific Ocean (AW&ST May 25, p. 27). The lunar flybys were undertaken to move the satellite into a usable orbit after a launch failure late last...
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