From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000317/aponline142541_000.htm Iridium Wants To End Phone Service By David E. Kalish AP Business Writer Friday, March 17, 2000; 2:25 p.m. EST NEW YORK -- ... The company told a U.S. bankruptcy court in a written filing that it has been unable to find a qualified buyer and asked for permission to use $8.3 million of its remaining money to close down. The move would cut off service to 55,000 customers. ... If the court approves spending the money, Washington-based Iridium will pull the satellites out of orbit so they can burn up on re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. ... Iridium bankruptcy filing: http://ecf.nysb.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show-case-doc?416,2637 (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed to read documents) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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