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To: FR1 who wrote (29919)3/1/2002 12:08:24 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (1) of 29970
 
Angel's HALO Broadband Network and the Teledesic LEOs also came to mind, truth be told.

angelhalo.com
teledesic.com

A point about Teledesic, however, is that they originally planned on orbiting 840 birds, not 280:

Message 17011943

And a World Development Federation item from 1996 captures the original intent:

conway.com

Here's what the original Teledesic constellation looked like when all 840 were taken into account:

ee.surrey.ac.uk

"A rendering of the originally-announced Teledesic design, with 840 active satellites in 21 planes of 40.
The Boeing redesign uses 288, in 12 planes of 24."
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