Eccentric orbits : the Iridium story / John Bloom.
"How the largest man-made constellation in the heavens was built by dreamers in the Arizona Desert, targeted for destruction by panicked executives, and saved by a single Palm Beach retiree who battled Motorola, cajoled the Pentagon, wrestled with thirty banks, survived an attack by Congress, infilt...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 537 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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Eccentric orbits : the Iridium story : how a single man saved the world's largest satellite constellation from fiery destruction. |
| Format: | Book |
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