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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American radio and telecom company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, built on technology for Ronald Reagans Star Wars, Iridium was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment that sent waves of panic through phone companies around the world, because, surely, Iridium was the future of communication. Only months after launching service, bankruptcy was inevitablethe largest to that point in American history. It looked like Iridium would go down as just a science experiment.That is, until Dan Colussy got a wild idea. Colussy, a retired former President of Pan Am, heard about Motorolas plans to de-orbit the system and decided he would try to buy Iridium. Somehow, the little guy figured he could turn around one of the biggest blunders in the history of business.Eccentric Orbits masterfully traces the development of satellite technology, the birth of Iridium, and Colussys tireless efforts to stop it from being destroyed, despite having doors slammed in his face by all of Wall Street. Piecing together funding from a motley group of investors that included a mysterious Arab prince and friends of Jesse Jackson, he eventually made his case before the most powerful people at the Clinton White House, the Pentagon, the FCC, intelligence services, and a consortium of thirty banks, pleading for the only phone that works at the ends of earth. Eccentric Orbits is a rollicking, unforgettable tale of innovation, failure, the military-industrial complex, and one of the greatest deals of all time. Seller Inventory # DADAX0802126782
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The incredible story of Iridiumthe most complex satellite system ever built, the cell phone of the future, and one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in American historyand one man's desperate race to save it. In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American radio and telecom company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, built on technology for Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars', Iridium was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment that sent waves of panic through phone companies around the world, because, surely, Iridium was the future of communication. Only months after launching service, bankruptcy was inevitablethe largest to that point in American history. It looked like Iridium would go down as just a 'science experiment'.That is, until Dan Colussy got a wild idea. Colussy, a retired former President of Pan Am, heard about Motorola's plans to 'de-orbit' the system and decided he would buy Iridium. A rollicking, unforgettable tale of innovation and failure, Eccentric Orbits masterfully traces the development of satellite technology, the birth of Iridium, and Colussy's tireless efforts to stop it from being destroyed, despite the doors slammed in his face. This book recounts the story of how Dan Colussy, the former head of Pan-Am, saved the satellite system, Iridium, from failure. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780802126788