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To: Dayuhan who wrote (17233)	7/12/2002 10:42:34 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

Low-Earth orbit, from roughly 180 to 1,200 miles up, is the space equivalent of the Long Island Expressway on a Friday evening in August: "Crowded" doesn't begin to describe it. A bit of an exaggeration. Otherwise, yes. Something like Brilliant Pebbles could shut down a large number of businesses and agencies dependent on low earth orbit satellites would die if the system were used. I would also expect space war at geosynchronous altitude - 22,300 miles. That's where the commercial communications satellites fly, plus some meteorological satellites. Those cheap intercontinental phone calls we're used to? Fast international news, business deals, etc? Forget it.