pocket satellite receivers (was Re: how much is the 95LX)

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From: Ralph Buttigieg
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 16:04

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Original to: Anthony@Csd4.Csd.Uwm.Edu
  anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) wrote:


 a> Motorola has talked about some sort of future low earth orbit satellite
 a> system for two way radio communications, but I don't know much about it.

 a> Perhaps someone on sci.space knows more about it.
 a> --
 a> <-:(= Anthony Stieber   anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony

 The company STARSYS intends to put up a system of 24 LEO satellites
 that will provide world-wide messaging an position-location. They are
 currently conducting tests with the French ARGOS satellite. Although
 more of a global paging service then a full comunication service, it
 should be a lot cheaper then Motorolas Iridium.

 ta
 Ralph

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