China uses 'gravitational slingshots' to save 2 satellites that were stuck in the wrong orbit for 123 days

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China Uses 'Gravitational Slingshots' To Save 2 Satellites That Were Stuck In The Wrong Orbit For 123 Days

By Live Science

On March 15th at 8:15 p.m. Beijing time (March 14th at 8:42 p.m. EDT; 5:42 p.m. PDT), China launched two satellites atop a Yuanzheng-1S mounted on a Long March-2C rocket. While the first and second stages were successful, a technical launch with the ...Read more