Arianespace Seeks Answers as Satellites Miss Their Orbits
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Arianespace said it will work with the European Space Agency to determine why two satellites for the Galileo global positioning system went into incorrect orbits.
The satellites, sent up Aug. 22 in a Russian-built Soyuz rocket from Arianespace’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, are in stable condition and don’t pose any risk to people below, the European satellite-launch group said today in a statement. Arianespace didn’t say whether it will try to fix the orbits.