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...chunks of metal that high is expensive, however, and Iridium and its brethren are trying to fly into space on the cheap, relatively speaking. They rely on so-called low-earth-orbit satellites that zoom just a few hundred miles above the planet's surface. They're cheaper to launch since they weigh less; and since the satellites are closer to the ground, devices with small antennas and comparatively small battery packs can reach them. Most important, signals can go up and return with no perceptible delay, which is vital for voice communications. But more of them are needed...
...accomplished in its 60 ground stations. "If you look at the two companies, they're really taking quite different strategies," says Tom Watts, a satellite analyst for Merrill Lynch. "Iridium is taking a global approach. Globalstar is focusing on a few key countries." The total cost to build and launch Globalstar's system? A mere $2.6 billion, half of Iridium's cost. The consortium's Qualcomm-manufactured handsets are slated to cost less than $750, only a quarter of the price of an Iridium...
...persuading Starr to back off is no mean challenge. The President and his aides have been attacking the prosecutor for years. Clinton's lawyer David Kendall persuaded a federal judge to launch two investigations into whether Starr leaked grand jury evidence to reporters. One way Kendall could extend the olive branch to Starr: drop the complaint...
...walls of New York City's Thread Waxing Space gallery in an exhibition called "Playing with Matches." Beck's grandfather Al Hansen was a member of Fluxus, a loosely knit group of conceptual artists who engaged in happenings, mostly in the '60s, but who still work today. At the launch of the exhibition in Santa Monica, Calif., in May and in New York City last week, Beck's brother Channing Hansen performed Elegy for the Fluxus Dead, a piece originated by his grandfather, which entailed his reading a list of names and then wrapping his head in masking tape...
Foster was next to launch, and she would not be denied. She streaked in left to right and struck the final blow, firing a shot over the head of the helpless keeper to give her team a 2-0 lead...