From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:29:31 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Teledesic Looks At SS-18's
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From: Michael_Wallis@sec.sel.sony.com
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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 11:59:44 -0800
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Subject: Teledesic Looks At SS-18's
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Teledesic Might Launch With Converted SS-18s

Teledesic Corp. is talking with a newly formed Russian-Ukrainian
group about launching up to 204 Teledesic satellites into low Earth
orbit aboard converted SS-18 missiles.

The Dnepr rocket is backed by the Russian and Ukrainian governments.
Their space agencies are partners in a joint-venture company to sell
commercial launch services. Askond of Moscow and Ukraine's Yuzhnoye
State Design Bureau are marketing the Dnepr. Teledesic, a U.S.
telecommunications company, plans to place about 900 satellites in
space.

        Michael

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