Orbital re-establishes communications with first Orbcomm

Orbital Sciences Corp. said yesterday it has partially restored communications with its first on-orbit Orbcomm satellite after correcting an apparent software problem. The spacecraft, one of two Orbcomms launched April 3, had experienced a malfunction in its gateway receiver which prevented it from...

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