ORION 3 ADVANCES PROPULSION
The Hughes Orion 3 spacecraft, an HS 601HP model owned by Loral, is making an important contribution to propulsion research, in spite of being stranded in a useless orbit by the failure of a Delta III upper stage (AW&ST May 10, p. 30). The spacecraft is making the first commercial satcom firings of...
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