A cryptic message on Motorola's web site: http://www.motorola.com/satellite/info/ It basically warns customers that service will cease on 17 March at 23:59 EST unless somebody comes along and bails out Iridium LLC by 15 March (Beware the Ides...) It also states further down the page that should the bankruptcy court ask, Motorola will begin to "decommission" the satellites...whatever that means...possibly beginning as early as 15 March. Geoff +===========================================================+ | Geoff Chester grc@usno.navy.mil Public Affairs Office | | http://www.usno.navy.mil US Naval Observatory | | (202) 762-1438 3450 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | | (202) 762-1489 (FAX) Washington, DC 20392 | |-----------------------------------------------------------| | "Each passing hour brings the Solar System 43,000 miles | | closer to the globular cluster M13 in Hercules; yet there | | are still some misfits who insist there's no such thing | | as progress!" -- Ransom K. Fern | +===========================================================+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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