Problem with Ariane 5 main stage leaves payloads in low orbit
A problem with the Ariane 5 booster's main stage left the satellites it carried in Thursday's launch from Kourou, French Guiana, about 2,000 miles lower than their planned orbit, a European Space Agency spokeswoman said Friday. The solid rocket strapons of the 169-foot-high Ariane 5 worked correctly...
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