More On Low Orbits
Wacky Chinese orbital physics are in the BBC again. Today's story tells us how they've corrected yesterday's orbital problems. Quoting from China's "official Xinhua news agency", the BBC tells us:Xinhua said the craft had deviated from its planned trajectory because of the Earth's gravitational pull.
I can hear them now ... "Darn it! I guess we forgot to take the earth's gravity into account when making our orbital calculations!"
[ 21:40 Oct 14, 2005 More headlines | permalink to this entry | ]
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