Telstar in too-low orbit, but expected to recover

Loral's Telstar 18 communications satellite, launched June 29 by Sea Launch from its ocean-based equatorial platform, was left in a too-low orbit but is expected to recover, Sea Launch said. "From what we understand, the satellite is in excellent condition," Paula Korn, Sea Launch's director of...

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