Re: Nerd stuff
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 9:58 pm
Check out "Eccentric Orbits- The Iridium Story" by John Bloom. Pretty good read (available on Kindle). History of the project from the mid-90's. The court cases when the corp is trying to buy it out of bankruptcy gets pretty tiresome, but overall a good read.Wut wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:48 amIn January 2017, Iridium began launch next-generation satellites through its $3 billion launch campaign, Iridium NEXT. The new satellites were sent into space on SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicles from Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4 in California over the course of 8 launches between January 2017 and January 2019.[26][27] On January 14, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched 10 of the new Iridium satellites into orbit.[28] The second launch of Iridium NEXT satellites took place on June 25, 2017 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Air Force Base. This was the second of eight scheduled launches.[29] The third launch of 10 NEXT satellites took place on October 9, 2017. On December 22, 2017, ten additional satellites were deployed after a successful launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On May 22nd, SpaceX successfully launched an additional five Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base[30]. On March 28, 2018, the obsolete satellite IRIDIUM 23 [P], space junk, reentered the atmosphere close to north of Brazil.[31]WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
ThanksZerobeat wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 12:36 amGeosynchronous orbit.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
Fuck the Southern Hemisphere, bunch of assholes anyway.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pmNorth pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
Australia is on line one .....Wut wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 12:04 amFuck the Southern Hemisphere, bunch of assholes anyway.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pmNorth pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pmNorth pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
It's not my fault you say stupid things.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 9:29 pmAnd this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pmNorth pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
Go somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 11:58 pmIt's not my fault you say stupid things.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 9:29 pmAnd this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pmNorth pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
Make no mistake about it... you entertain me.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:14 amGo somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 11:58 pmIt's not my fault you say stupid things.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 9:29 pmAnd this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pmNorth pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 amNope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
Good. I see you don't understand. With your CQ lapdog routine, nobody in UJR is entertained in the least. Get your shit together before it's too late. What happened to our virgin RD appalled at bad language around here?Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:34 amMake no mistake about it... you entertain me.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:14 amGo somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 11:58 pmIt's not my fault you say stupid things.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 9:29 pmAnd this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pmNorth pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 12:40 am Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.
Dude, now you're just making shit up.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:08 amGood. I see you don't understand. With your CQ lapdog routine, nobody in UJR is entertained in the least. Get your shit together before it's too late. What happened to our virgin RD appalled at bad language around here?Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:34 amMake no mistake about it... you entertain me.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:14 amGo somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 11:58 pmIt's not my fault you say stupid things.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 9:29 pmAnd this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 11:11 pm North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!
Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:21 pmDude, now you're just making shit up.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 1:08 amGood. I see you don't understand. With your CQ lapdog routine, nobody in UJR is entertained in the least. Get your shit together before it's too late. What happened to our virgin RD appalled at bad language around here?Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:34 amMake no mistake about it... you entertain me.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:14 amGo somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 11:58 pmIt's not my fault you say stupid things.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 9:29 pm And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.![]()
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