From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,485ea727233a52ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rgallen@qnx.com (Rennie Allen) Subject: Re: Will Boeing Use Ada To Build $9 Bln Network For Teledesic? Date: 1997/05/01 Message-ID: <5kafvc$v95@qnx.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 238680298 References: <3368134a.21286600@news.mindspring.com> Organization: QNX Software Systems Ltd. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Munck (munck@mindspring.com) wrote: [...] > The satellites will be about 1000 Kg (2400 lb) each, orbiting at about > 720 Km (450 mi). It appears that data uplinked to one satellite will > be routed through several others before being downlinked with no > low-level control from ground stations! This means a whole lot of > software on each (perhaps 20% of the total weight) with tremendous ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I wasn't aware that software had weight; then again if it's gatesware.... -- Rennie Allen QNX Software Systems Ltd. 175 Terence Matthews Crescent (613) 591-0931 (voice) Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2M 1W8 (613) 591-3579 (fax)