European navigation craft launched into wrong orbit

Arianespace confirmed late Friday that two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation network were released into the wrong orbit after launching aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana. It was not immediately clear whether the two satellites have enough fuel to make up for the orbit injection error. Arianespace and European Space Agency officials initially heralded Friday morning's launch as a success, declaring the satellites healthy and claiming they were deployed into their targeted orbit approximately 23,500 kilometers, or 14,600 miles, above Earth. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 24)