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To: Valueman who wrote (1120)	11/28/1998 3:37:00 PM
From: Joe Brown	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2693

Thanks for the detailed breakdown of these failures. What is worrisome to me is that the company has always maintained there are no "systemic" problems, yet the sheer number of failures and anomalies would seem to indicate otherwise. Additionally, I wonder if the slow delivery of the phones (I know a subscriber who has yet to receive his phone, which was ordered in early September) is a reflection of the problems you have alluded to?

To: Valueman who wrote (1120)	11/30/1998 12:58:00 AM
From: Sr K	Respond to of 2693

Where is the SeeSat page?

To: Valueman who wrote (1120)	11/30/1998 3:08:00 AM
From: SidStock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2693

Valueman, I can find info on only 9 failed (ie tumbling) satellites. The original 7 already reported from iridium (ie 11, 20, 21, 24, 27, 44, 71). Additionally now 14 and 79 have been seen tumbling. I could not find explicit data on 48, 32, and 69. The following table does show 69 as not at operational altitude (could this be a spare?): wingar.demon.co.uk I'de say the most worrisome data from the failed birds is that IR14 has recently failed. This would point to systematic failure bugs and not just an infant failure. Especially if this failure is related to the momentum wheel circuit board problem, which we were lead to believe is only an infant problem.