At 17:26 2000/03/04 -0500, Jeff Hunt wrote: >I read today in the business section ( I believe it was the Washington Post >that I was borrowing) that Motorola will cease operation and maintenance of >the Iridium Constellation on March 6, 2000. I wonder to what degree and and >how soon this will affect flare predictions? > This seems to prove that Motorola is a dinosaur, having grown too large to continue its existence. In 1980, the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was confirmed by the discovery of a layer of iridium a few kilometres below the surface of the Earth. On this occasion, the Iridium layer is 792 km. above the Earth's surface. ----------------------------------------------------------------- best wishes Russell Eberst @ North: 55 degrees, 56 minutes, 55 seconds: West: 3 degrees, 8 minutes, 18 seconds: 43metres (150 feet) above sea-level. 177074 Observations ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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