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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (28573)4/25/2012 4:33:18 PM
From: Michael GrantRead Replies (1) of 29057
 
> The reason Globalstar didn't cover oceans is that the gateways were $15 million and there was no good back-haul.


There's fiber to nearly every continent on the planet now (accept Antarctica) submarinecablemap.com  What's the footprint of a gateway? How far apart can they be to get continuous coverage?


I see your point that if you need a lot of ground stations to cover the oceans, that would be a huge investment. That makes sense why Iridium chose to go with a system whereby they could use the other satellites as relays.
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