In 1987, three Motorola engineers, Bary Bertiger, Ray Leopold and Kenneth Peterson
In 1987, three Motorola engineers, Bary Bertiger, Ray Leopold and Kenneth Peterson, came up with the idea of using satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit to allow voice communications anywhere on the globe via pocket-sized telephones. When the Iridium project was formally launched three years...
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