Re:Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal
by peplee on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @01:34PM
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I can highly recommend the book "Eccentric Orbits" by John Bloom if you want to learn about the Iridium constellation story. Easily one of the best books I've read in the last few years. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26893707-eccentric-orbit...
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Re:Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal
by MarsZebra on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @04:48PM
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Great book, one thing it missed is how these satellite constellations are also funded by the government for their dual use potential in Strategic Defense Initiative development (now officially called Golden Dome)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...