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To: dwight martin who wrote (1819)	9/4/1998 1:18:00 AM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

<<.....and it will happen during the Comcast, Mediaone, Time Warner and COX digital roll out...>> And pray tell, how does a cable company head-end receive the feeds for its service??? Could it be by satellite???

To: dwight martin who wrote (1819)	9/4/1998 1:45:00 AM
From: Jeff Penrod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

I gotta think he is in fact talking about the Leonids. The implication was that it is a transient event that could be avoided if the G* launch slipped. As people here may or may not know, the Leonids in November(?) are going to be the worst meteor showers that the Earth has encountered since the use of commercial communications satellites. As far as solar cycles, well they come and they go and I would be stunned if the designers were not aware of solar cycle related effects on the satellite bus and payload. In any event the Leonids should not be a big impact to G* or Iridium. The Iridium satellites seem to be failing as fast as they can on their own without any help from meteoroids or solar cycle peaks. Since Loral has extensive (really world-class) expertise in satellite design and integration I expect G* satellites to have a much lower MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure). Strictly FWIW, JPenrod