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How did they survive with such a degraded service, who is still using them when there are alternatives? Were they competitive back when they launched, but just
by mardifoufs 4y ago
How did they survive with such a degraded service, who is still using them when there are alternatives? Were they competitive back when they launched, but just couldn't fund maintenance? Iridium also had severe financial problems but their own constellation and services are still pretty reliable (all things considered), so I'm curious!
- walrus01 4y agoThey survived primarily on machine to machine telemetry data services.
- bombcar 4y agoYep, these don't need instantaneous transfer so things can buffer it, and they're probably already installed ...
- Scoundreller 4y agoThe transponders that ran their “simplex” services were unaffected, so they continued operating that service like normal.