CONSTELLATIONS
OF LOW-ORBITING satellites hold the key to today's flexible
global telephone networks .These systems integrate satellite
communications with existing land line and cellular network to
provide truly global coverage from a mobile phone .This
enables people, even in remote areas even those on tiny
pacific islands or high in the Himalayas ,to keep in touch
with rest of the world .Satellite system s are the next
logical step in the mobile -phone revolution that swept
the world in the late 1990's.
IRIDIUM was the first system to offer a commercial service .It was conceived and developed by the US electronics company Motorola ,and began operation on 1 November 1998.The system was named after the 77th chemical element in the periodic Table ,as there were originally to be 77 satellites in the network.Other networks offering a similar service include Global star , which operates with a constellations of 48 satellites.
IRIDIUM SATELLITE ORBITAL NETWORK.
The
Iridium network consists of 66 satellites ,each providing a
coverage of 16 million square km (6 million square mile).It
offers a constant service ,as there will always be one or
more satellite over the horizon .The network operates as a
constellations h means which means that a failed or
malfunctioning satellite will not impede the system's ability
to provide global coverage.When a call is made it is routed to
the nearest satellite ,and then relayed around the world to
its destination.If the destination is the land based telephone
, the last satellite in the chain feed the signal to
a"gateway" ground station .This gateway then connects with the
existing land line telephone system. ,
IRIDIUM was the first system to offer a commercial service .It was conceived and developed by the US electronics company Motorola ,and began operation on 1 November 1998.The system was named after the 77th chemical element in the periodic Table ,as there were originally to be 77 satellites in the network.Other networks offering a similar service include Global star , which operates with a constellations of 48 satellites.
IRIDIUM SATELLITE ORBITAL NETWORK.
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