Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Orbital science (ORB) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DIAMOND JIM who wrote (627)	12/23/1997 8:12:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2394

<Initial communications with the ORBCOMM satellites are proceeding as expected. Over the next several weeks, Orbital engineers will continue to conduct on-orbit tests to determine the post-launch state-of-health of each spacecraft and to make final adjustments to their orbital positions using small on-board thrusters. The satellites are expected to be placed into commercial service in approximately 90 days, increasing the ORBCOMM system's coverage from about 8% of the day that a satellite is immediately available to transmit data messages to about 40% of the day.>