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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 11:21:30 GMT
- From: houston@eso.mc.xerox.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Iridium Global Satelite Mobile Communicat
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 902, Message 8 of 8
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- Motorola got permission from the FCC to launch five experimental birds
- back in August. Don't know when they will actually be trying it --
- they've had Irridium on paper for over two years. Constellation
- Communications was approved for two satellites, and Ellipsat was
- approved for four birds. Also Motorola has contracted with someone to
- develop ground stations for Iridium -- can't remember who.
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- I think they are all talking low orbit satellites, but I don't know
- what coverage.
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- "sam" houston
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