Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

by John Bloom

Book Overview

In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American technology company developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Light years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars," Iridium's constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit meant that no matter where you were on Earth, at least one satellite was always overhead, and you...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802121683
• ISBN13: 9780802121684
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"