Re: [amsat-bb] Iridium is NOT dead

["Frank Grossman" <fgrossma@xxxxxxx>]

Very interesting Jon...

So, who is going to use Iridium?  Only the Pentagon?  Or will services be
sold to the public once again, too?

73,
Frank
wb2bxo@amsat.org

----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Ogden <na9d@mindspring.com>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:23 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Iridium is NOT dead


> Hi all,
>
> Just read on Yahoo news that Iridium is not dead.  The Pentagon has
stepped
> in an backed a deal that involves Boeing.  Here's an excerpt:
>
> ------
>
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department said on Wednesday it was
> stepping in to prevent $5 billion worth of Iridium communications
satellites
> from falling to Earth and triggering possible ``widespread anxiety.''
>
> Staving off a fiery end to the 66-satellite necklace and its spares, the
> Pentagon (news - web sites) awarded a projected two-year, $72 million
> communications contract to seal a new ownership deal worked out in a New
> York bankruptcy court.
>
> The new owners, led by Dan Colussy, president of Pan American World
Airways
> from 1978 to 1980, have contracted with Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA - news) to
take
> over operation of the system from electronics giant Motorola Inc.
(NYSE:MOT
> - news), Pentagon officials said.
>
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>
> Just thought it's a good piece of satellite news.
>
> 73,
>
> Jon
> NA9D
>
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>
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