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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story - How a Single Man Saved the World´s Largest Satellite Constellation From Fiery Destruction
John Bloom
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Description for Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story - How a Single Man Saved the World´s Largest Satellite Constellation From Fiery Destruction
Paperback. The incredible story of Iridium - the most complex satellite system ever built, the cell phone of the future and one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in American history - and one man's desperate race to save it Num Pages: 560 pages, 1 x 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 918.
In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars,' Iridium's constellation of sixty-six satellites in six evenly spaced orbital planes meant that at least one satellite was always overhead. Iridium was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment, surely the future of communication. The only problem was that Iridium was also a commercial disaster. Only months after launching service, it was $11 billion in debt, burning through $100 million ... Read more
In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars,' Iridium's constellation of sixty-six satellites in six evenly spaced orbital planes meant that at least one satellite was always overhead. Iridium was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment, surely the future of communication. The only problem was that Iridium was also a commercial disaster. Only months after launching service, it was $11 billion in debt, burning through $100 million ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781611855357
SKU
V9781611855357
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About John Bloom
John Bloom is a veteran investigative journalist, a three-time finalist for the National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize nominee. He is the author of nine books, including Evidence of Love, which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story - How a Single Man Saved the World´s Largest Satellite Constellation From Fiery Destruction
Impeccably researched, and in smooth, easy prose, John Bloom interweaves fascinating historical trivia about the space race, satellites, and global communications with detail-filled personality snapshots and cringingly revealing, often disturbingly humorous, insights about the many ways big business can shoot itself in the foot.
John Brewer, former president and editor-in-chief, New York Times Syndicate and News Service
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John Brewer, former president and editor-in-chief, New York Times Syndicate and News Service
Eccentric ... Read more