PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

In the early 1990s Motorola the legendary American radio and telecom company made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium Lightyears ahead of anything previously put into space built on technology for Ronald Reagans Star Wars Iridium was a mindboggling technical accomplishment that sent waves of panic through phone companies around the world because surely Iridium was the future of communication Only months after launching service bankruptcy was inevitablethe largest to that point in American history It looked like Iridium would go down as just a science experimentThat is until Dan Colussy got a wild idea Colussy a retired former President of Pan Am heard about Motorolas plans to deorbit the system and decided he would try to buy Iridium Somehow the little guy figured he could turn around one of the biggest blunders in the history of businessEccentric Orbits masterfully traces the development of satellite technology the birth of Iridium and Colussys tireless efforts to stop it from being destroyed despite having doors slammed in his face by all of Wall Street Piecing together funding from a motley group of investors that included a mysterious Arab prince and friends of Jesse Jackson he eventually made his case before the most powerful people at the Clinton White House the Pentagon the FCC intelligence services and a consortium of thirty banks pleading for the only phone that works at the ends of earth Eccentric Orbits is a rollicking unforgettable tale of innovation failure the militaryindustrial complex and one of the greatest deals of all time. Topic:. Orbital dynamics and. the restricted 3-body problem. Lecture by: C.P. Dullemond. Objects of the Solar System. Kuiper Belt. (30-50 AU). 10 AU. 1 AU. Earth. Mars. 1 AU. 1.38-. 1.67 AU. e. = 0.1. Understanding Planetary Migration. Norio Narita. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Relation to Prof. Miyama. Based on “Astronomer’s family tree in Japan”. Prof. Miyama was “brother” of Prof. Katsuhiko Sato. Ioana. . Duţ. an. Advisors: Peter Biermann & Alan Roy. Phinney, 1994. Large-scale mechanisms: . . bar potentials. & galaxy interactions. . THEORY: . Gaseous orbits in a weak bar potential: . “Case Studies in M2M”. David Wigglesworth, Director Data Services, Iridium. October 5, 2010 . Iridium Overview . Iridium Proprietary and Confidential. 2. Satellite voice and data solutions for . Planetary Migration of Jovian . Exoplanets. Norio Narita. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Outline. Brief review of orbits of Solar System bodies. 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Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, built on technology for Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars,” Iridium was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment that sent waves of panic through phone companies around the world, because, surely, Iridium was the future of communication. Only months after launching service, bankruptcy was inevitable—the largest to that point in American history. It looked like Iridium would go down as just a “science experiment.”That is, until Dan Colussy got a wild idea. Colussy, a retired former President of Pan Am, heard about Motorola’s plans to “de-orbit” the system and decided he would try to buy Iridium. Somehow, the little guy figured he could turn around one of the biggest blunders in the history of business.Eccentric Orbits masterfully traces the development of satellite technology, the birth of Iridium, and Colussy’s tireless efforts to stop it from being destroyed, despite having doors slammed in his face by all of Wall Street. Piecing together funding from a motley group of investors that included a mysterious Arab prince and friends of Jesse Jackson, he eventually made his case before the most powerful people at the Clinton White House, the Pentagon, the FCC, intelligence services, and a consortium of thirty banks, pleading for the only phone that works at the ends of earth. Eccentric Orbits is a rollicking, unforgettable tale of innovation, failure, the military-industrial complex, and one of the greatest deals of all time. Jan Cacek, FSpS MU, Brno, Czech . republic. jan.cacek@gmail.com. Something. . about. . me. Jan Cacek. my . sports. . career. :. runner. . 800 a 1500 . m, . soccer. . player. , . ice. . hockey. .