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To: Drew Williams who wrote (4033)	4/21/1999 11:44:00 PM
From: Andmoreagain	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Please...this IS an investment forum. I understand and appreciate the scientific nuances of orbital mechanics, but fail to see the relevance here. If you doubt that, I refer you to the elegant launch and deployment model Iridium constructed; it had little - or nothing - to do with the value of the stock.

To: Drew Williams who wrote (4033)	4/21/1999 11:58:00 PM
From: Mr. Adrenaline	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

I'd say you've got it spot on. All of the "variables" are known. This started basically as a discussion of why the satellites launched on a Delta have more life, and got out of hand. My apologies to all. Mr A

To: Drew Williams who wrote (4033)	4/22/1999 6:43:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 29987

Drew, it seems that Globalstar has got it figured out and the satellites will last 7 years unless they take a hit or batteries conk out. Or maybe the momentum wheel will spring a leak and we'll get a wobbly satellite pointing upside down instead of earthwards. The gas tank seems to have enough capacity. A bit of care is needed to ensure fuel isn't wasted, but it looks as though that isn't going to be a problem. Getting the satellites off the ground, out of the dispenser, pointing to the ground and sending signals happily back and forth is the hard part by the look of it. The next hardest part is selling the minutes effectively though it seems easy to me. Iridium has got difficult minutes to sell and they have shown how not to do it. [This is not to ignore the very hard part of designing the satellites and gateways in the first place]. Today I took delivery of a Dell computer. It is great! I bought it via the Web. No wonder Compaq is in trouble, trying to sustain a huge distribution network. Qualcomm and Globalstar [and L M Ericsson and Telital] are going to have to sell the handsets in a similar way to really make it happen. Let's not try selling them from locked glass cases in jewellery shops. Sell them straight off the end of the production line and FedEx direct to the highest bidder who has top bid just before the phone reaches the software loading and the delivery package labelling machine. With the phone number, name of the subscriber and all that stuff already logged in, the subscriber would just need to open the package, enter a number and press SEND [assuming the CURRENT PRICE PER MINUTE is cheap enough if they are on the Spot Price Plan]. Simple really and this way anyone who wants a phone could get it any time they want it. Retailers could hold some in stock for "I want it right here, right now" types and charge a premium. Maurice