True. ?Teledesic suffered from the Iridium market failure as did others. ?
I also worked on the Ellipso project. ?A potential partnership w Boeing that was also terminated. ?
That was 27 years ago.?
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On Feb 26, 2025, at 11:31?PM, Dan Grossman via groups.io <ldg004@...> wrote:
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I was there, too. ?Worked for Motorola. Part of the critical design review team. True, Teledesic was supposed to be more advanced¡ can¡¯t remember the details, other than the fact that it did ¡°data¡±, while Iridium was voice and text only. But Iridium got into commercial service and Teledesic did not.
On Feb 27, 2025, at 01:25, Tony Billera via groups.io <tony.billera@...> wrote:
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I was there. ?Worked at McCaw, Boeing Space&Comm. ?and visited Teledesic. I¡¯m familiar.?
The concept was much further developed than Iridium.?
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On Feb 26, 2025, at 9:40?PM, Dan Grossman via groups.io <ldg004@...> wrote:
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Iridium. Teledesic never left the drawing board. And a lot of Iridium technology came from national security progams that pioneered LEO satellites.?
On Feb 26, 2025, at 19:58, Tony Billera via groups.io <tony.billera@...> wrote:
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Musk was not the first w the idea. ?
Teledesic developed this concept years ago. Costs have declined. ?
Eventually Starlink will run into congestion and rate increases.?
It¡¯s throw away equipment.?
I comprehend the benefits for live and work aboard while cruising. ?I¡¯m more interested in the ubiquitous coverage of AST Mobile that will soon be available. ?
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On Feb 26, 2025, at 4:19?PM, Pete Waterson via groups.io <peterjwaterson@...> wrote:
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As an emigre I try to keep a tight rein on political opinion, but by the sounds of this thread there is an awful lot of buyers remorse going around right now.
It is the Information Age and Musk has revolutionized access to the Internet. I just wish engineers would stick to engineering!
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