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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Red Heeler who wrote (9345)	1/7/2000 10:54:00 AM
From: Rocket Scientist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

CC, global mobile satellite services provided by Inmarsat and others use GEOs. Typically, you need a laptop size or bigger user terminal weighing several pounds and costing 3-4K$ and pay air time charges in the 2-3$ range for these services. Within the next year, two new GEOs with higher power/bigger antennas will be launched that will permit use of handsets that look and cost more or less like G. One is ACeS for service in Asia, the other, called Thuraya, will service the mid-East. They say they will be cheaper than Globalstar, but in addition to voice delays, they have a couple of other deficiencies compared to G: 1. By nature of GEO orbit, the spacecraft are over the equator and at a specific longitude, making the useful service regionally limited 2. The (separate) programs each plan to launch only one satellite, so they can't tolerate any spacecraft failures. G* as you probably know can suffer multiple satellite failures without any significant degradation of service.

To: Red Heeler who wrote (9345)	1/7/2000 1:55:00 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

CC.."Also known as GEO, geostationary and Clarke orbit. :...did not know Arthur C. had received some recognition on this....!! Good.........