India's GSAT-1 experimental communications satellite is drifting in an improper orbit

India's GSAT-1 experimental communications satellite is drifting in an improper orbit following depletion of the propellant it needed to climb into geosynchronous orbit. The spacecraft was launched successfully into a transfer orbit Apr. 18 by India's first GSLV booster. But propellant management...

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