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To: djane who wrote (5642)	7/10/1999 5:52:00 AM
From: brian h	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29987

djane, Looked like a good launch to me! Cheers, Brian H.

To: djane who wrote (5642)	7/10/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: djane	Respond to of 29987

Valueman posts on LOR thread about minimum sats needed Talk : Communications : Loral Space & Communications \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| Earnings \| To: gdichaz (6435 ) From: Valueman Saturday, Jul 10 1999 7:56AM ET Reply # of 6439 Right--they need 36 satellites for 8 planes and an acceptable dropped call rate. Actually, places like norhern Cananda need the full constellation of 48 for acceptable service. You would expect the equatorial regions to need 40+ to minimize gaps there. _________________________________________ Talk : Communications : Loral Space & Communications \| Previous \| ------ \| Respond \| Earnings \| To: Diogeron (6438 ) From: Valueman Saturday, Jul 10 1999 9:43AM ET Reply # of 6439 The service would be "regional" regardless of the number of sats in orbit since service ultimately is limited at startup by gateways operational. Service could start right now, but dropped calls and "No Service" periods would be irritating. It gets better with every launch. The 32 sat constellation designed for minimum service assumed 8 planes with 4 satellites each. The sharp eyes of those observing orbiting sats found that the last Soyuz was not normal in that they did not orbit raise the 4 sats right away. They were placing a single sat in each of four different planes. Thus, we won't get our 8 planes filled until the August Delta launch. Dropped calls and coverage at the equator and far north/south will improve from there as we add the remaining sats to the 8 planes.