Re: iridium 77?

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Hi Dale,

The original plan was for 77 operational satellites. When they cut back
to 66 functional satellites they stuck with the name Iridium rather than
element no. 66 - Dysprosium. Actually not a bad call, since Dysprosium
translates to difficulty of access...

Dale Ireland wrote:
> 
> Someone posted a message saying that the Iridium satellite series was named
> Iridium because the number of satellites equaled the atomic number of
> iridium 77. Is this true? Are they planning to have 77 in orbit and 66
> functioning?

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Sincerely,
Richard Fredrick
rfredric@tfs.net
Fairway, KS USA
39.021N 94.637W

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