Iridium Pushes Ahead Satellite Project 80
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oxide7 writes "Iridium (IRDM) continues its push into the market for satellite data and telemetry services, as it announced the company that would build its second generation of satellites. Iridium's old network of 66 satellites was designed for voice calls; the new satellites will also be able to handle data more efficiently, and include cameras as well. The company also plans to share the satellite platforms with some scientists for use in studying the Earth."
Skynet (Score:5, Funny)
This is it, once google connects to this network, we will never be able to turn it off once it becomes sentient...
Whose to say it hasn't and slyly guided the engineers to push this technology as part of its plan...
Re:Business Plan? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cameras?? (Score:3, Funny)
Sure they couldn't recoup their costs... but they made it up in volume!