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Re: You're all over thinking this
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Painter)
Fri Jul 22 15:44:48 2005
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:42:58 -1000
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Crist Clark" <crist.clark@globalstar.com>
Subject: Re: You're all over thinking this
>
> Sam Crooks wrote:
>> Didn't the US Navy buy Iridium?
>
> Nope.
>
> http://www.iridium.com/corp/iri_corp-story.asp?storyid=2
>
> "In December 2000, a group of private investors led by Dan Colussy
> organized Iridium Satellite LLC which acquired the operating assets
> of the bankrupt Iridium LLC including the satellite constellation,
> the terrestrial network, Iridium real property and intellectual
> capital."
The scientists were all waiting to study the satellite constellation burning up on re-entry when it was picked up for less than a
penny on the dollar and then were immediately awarded a multi-million contract from DoD.
http://www.heavens-above.com/iridiumdemise.asp
--Michael
