PARIS — The Rascom-QAF 1 telecommunications satellite, launched in December 2007 with a leak in its helium-pressurization system, has been placed into a graveyard orbit despite the fact that at least two satellite operators expressed interest in buying it to fill vacant orbital slots, according to industry officials.
Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews. More by Peter B. de Selding
