According to a Motorola/Iridium press release[1] one of the satellites[2] (on the recent September 14th launch out of Baykonur) is suffering from an attitude control problem (and will consequently probably not form part of the operational constellation). [1] http://www.iridium.com/ltbreak/late.html [2] take your pick: 24944 97051A Iridium 29 24945 97051B Iridium 32 24946 97051C Iridium 33 24947 97051D Iridium 27 24948 97051E Iridium 28 24949 97051F Iridium 30 24950 97051G Iridium 31 regards, -- Neil Clifford <neil@satellite.eu.org> http://www.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html