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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (632)12/24/1997 11:19:00 AM
From: dwight martin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2394
 
Mohan:

I'm not the expert, but I understand that: (1) the 24-hr period is to ascertain full functionality of the satellites and to learn their precise orbits; (2) the longer period involves adjusting the satellites' orbits and attitude (directional antennas and all that) and fully integrating the space and ground components of the now-greatly-enlarged system.



To: Mohan Marette who wrote (632)12/24/1997 12:42:00 PM
From: Irene Harvey  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2394
 
Mohan - the 24 hours came from someone on the Yahoo message board - they would know that all are functioning.

This if from their press release: In the next few days, satellite controllers at ORBCOMM's Network Control Center (NCC) in Dulles, VA, plan to establish contact with the satellites and begin the approximately three-month testing and deployment phase.

So I guess there's still a lot to determine.


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