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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:30:29 -0800
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From: Tim Byars <tbyars@earthlink.net>
Subject: Fwd: Oops.. five more iridium birds gone
<< start of forwarded material >>
-> FIVE MORE IRIDIUMS GONE
->
-> Iridium LLC indicated in its fourth quarter and year-end financial
-> reports for the period ending 31 December it had lost five more of its
-> satellites. Consortium leader Motorola so far refused to comment.
->
-> Iridium didn't directly state that five more satellites were lost, but
-> from the number of launched satellites (86) and the figure given by
-> Iridium of 8 functional in-orbit spares it can easily be calculated that so
-> far 12 Iridium satellites have failed. The constellation consists of 66
-> LEO satellites, so the equation looks like this: 66 operational + 8
-> functioning spares + x defunct = 86 launched. It's quite obvious that x =
-> 12 and not 7, as so far admitted. This would also mean a total failure
-> rate of 14 percent, or one in seven satellites.
-> Another implication is that Iridium is at least three spares short, as
-> the system should consist of six satellites in eleven orbital planes, plus
-> one spare in each plane (resulting in a total of 77 operational satellites.
-> The problem might be even a bit more serious as it is not known whether
-> the failures are evenly spread over the planes or whether certain planes
-> are more affected than others. There's so far no official statement by
-> Iridium. Consortium leader Motorola let it be known they wouldn't comment
-> about individual satellites. [They must've learned that from a certain
-> satellite operator in Luxembourg.]
-> Down on Earth, Iridium is troubled by more problems. The consortium had
-> expected 200,000 customers by the end of 1998 but reportedly so far has
-> just 3,000--certainly not just because of a five-week delay in the roll-
-> out of its service last year. In addition to problems with unavailable
-> consumer equipment, Iridium's performance figures seem everything but
-> convincing: the company reported a rate of dropped calls of six percent,
-> even though 3,000 customers possibly cannot put the system under full
-> stress.
->
-> Copyright 1999 Peter C. Klanowski, pck@sat-nd.com. All rights reserved.
-> Peter C Klanowski shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content,
-> or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
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