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Uncertain future for Orbcomm’s OG 2 after botched deployment

Submit on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 22:59

Orbcomm Inc. confirmed that the company’s OG 2 satellite was deployed in a lower-than-planned orbit by the recently launched Falcon 9. As it turned out, the problem was a side-effect of the engine failure that occurred on the rocket’s first stage earlier into the flight.
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