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2009-02-12 International-UN-NGOs
Iridium Satellite Destroyed in Crash With Rooskie Junker
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Posted by Steve White 2009-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Sorry for the dual posting mods.
Posted by Skidmark 2009-02-12 01:00||   2009-02-12 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 The company's more than 60 satellites include backup capacity in orbit designed to withstand the loss of a single satellite.

....and for the benefit of the Chinese, these are all backed up by Lunaridium, a redundant, ground based cluster of systems on the moon.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-12 06:46||   2009-02-12 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Russia incurs liability for its junk? anyone know the legal recourse of one nations junk interrupting another nations/enterprises working systems....seems like russia would be liable for current and future loss of income. iridium spokesperson should take a different tact than the reply given.
Posted by Spiny Gl 2511 2009-02-12 07:21||   2009-02-12 07:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah good luck collecting.
Posted by Hellfish 2009-02-12 08:42||   2009-02-12 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Sue them in the world court. *snicker*
Posted by DarthVader 2009-02-12 10:10||   2009-02-12 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, so much for the Big Sky Theory™.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-02-12 11:21||   2009-02-12 11:21|| Front Page Top

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