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To: Goodboy who wrote (4265)	4/28/1999 12:51:00 AM
From: Cigar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Can any of you (beloved and appreciated) techies enlighten a simple, battered G* investor whether the I* problems written up in yesterday's WSJ article (won't work in a building, for example, or requires specific antenna pointing) will also apply to G? I seemed to try to blame all their problems on the poor dumb schmucks...err, customers who simply Don't Get It, and try to do silly things like place calls from their hotel rooms instead of standing outside in the rain. I hope this arrogance doesn't poison the well for us all. Many thanks to all for the intelligent (and civil) observations and commentary.

To: Goodboy who wrote (4265)	4/28/1999 9:29:00 AM
From: CommSatMan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

Yes, I am familiar with what happened in 1989 and I would be very surprised if Iridium did not account for this in their design. In a LEO satellite with the type of stabilization that Iridium uses, fuel is only used to correct for drag, and it will typically correct with a very short 1-2 sec burn every day or so, depending on the factors you discuss. Iridium may have other technical problems, but I am very confident that they will not be related to any orbital problems. CSM