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1996-08-16 - Re: Billy boy’s satellites [Was - Floating DataHaven]

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Message Hash: 0200e9e3ace498548343142e16c5b5858fa98ee49f868b0fa3175ff5261fb132
Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960816084343.22824A-100000@crl4.crl.com>
Reply To: <321446BF.20431CA7@systemics.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-08-16 21:16:54 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 05:16:54 +0800

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 05:16:54 +0800
To: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Subject: Re: Billy boy's satellites [Was - Floating DataHaven]
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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Gary Howland wrote:

> Doesn't the low orbit part mean that the satellites will have a
> low life expectancy, meaning a new launch every couple of days?

"Low orbit" is used in a relative sense as compared to satellites
in geosynchronous orbit.  The Teledesic satellites will orbit in
the 700km range--hundreds of kilometers above the wispy highest
reaches of earth's astmosphere.  At that height, there will be
virtually no difference in orbital decay from that of 
geosynchronous birds.


 S a n d y

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