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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Iridium Surely you remember Iridium, Motorola Corporation’s $5 billion low-Earth-orbit debacle. Planned in the mid-1980s, the system was archaic by the time it was deployed in 1998, offering global communications from a brick-size, $3,000 phone at charges from $6 to $30 a minute.
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- The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “satellite,” was launched at 10:29 p.m.+E Networks. The successful launch of the unmanned satellite Sputnik I by the Soviet Union in October 1957 shocks and frightens many Americans. As the tiny satellite orbited the earth, Americans reacted with dismay that the Soviets could have gotten so far ahead of the supposedly technologically superior United States.
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- The Motorola Razr V3 made its debut 10 years ago this week when then-CEO Ed Zander displayed the handset during an investor's conference. Not since Moto introduced the StarTac in 1996 did the company, or any manufacturer for that matter, sweep the world with such a hot and trend-setting mobile phone.inally, after the iPhone and Android hit their strides, Moto would change course and instead apply the Razr name to its flagship line of Android smartphones. such as the Droid Razr Maxx. Ten years later, the Razr V3 remains a striking example of industrial design and one of the defining phones of the past decade.
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The rise, dominance, and epic fall - a brief look at Nokia's history In 1990s, Nokias top leadership decided to focus solely on the telecommunications market, and as a result, the companys data, power, television, tire, and cable units were sold off in the first few years of the decade. In 1991, worlds first GSM call was made by the then Finnish prime minister, Harri Holkeri.
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The Birth of Satellite TV, 50 Years Ago In television’s early years, North American and European viewers had to wait hours, if not days, for tapes to be shipped across the Atlantic in order to watch footage from the other side of the ocean. That all changed 50 years ago after the launch of the first telecommunications satellite: Telstar. On July 23, 1962, tens of millions of people watched a historic broadcast as Telstar beamed live transatlantic video into viewers’ living rooms for the first time. The age of satellite television had dawned.
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- First Satellite  The first satellite launched into space by Russia was Sputnik.  This monumental event took place on October 4, 1957. The timing was  'tweaked' to mark the …40th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of  1917.
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- First U.S. Satellite. The first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer I, was launched into Earth orbit by the Army on Jan. 31, 1958, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, four months after Russia orbited Sputnik.The 18-pound satellite had a cylindrical shape and was 80 inches long and six inches in diameter.irst U.S. Satellite. The first successful U.S. satellite, Explorer I, was launched into Earth orbit by the Army on Jan. 31, 1958, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, four months after Russia orbited Sputnik.
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- The following is the press release issued today by Iridium LLC. WASHINGTON, May 5, 1997 /PRNewswire/ -- The first five of 66 IRIDIUM satellites were successfully launched on a McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA.
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HTC Mobile Phones Price List in the Philippines April 2018 They have announced the world’s first smartphone that included the function of touch-screen in 2000. And they launched HTC Evo 4G in June 2010, which was the first 4G phone in the United States and in 2010, HTC sold over 24.6 million mobile phones included their all handsets.
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Vintage Mobiles The first GSM mobile that allowed people to cross the Atlantic was actually the Bosch World 718 that was a dual 900 MHz/1900 MHz phone and introduced in June 1998. (It was badged by a few other companies so we can eliminate them).
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The History of Cellular Phones Bell Laboratories had introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947 with the police car technology, but it was Motorola that first incorporated the technology into portable device designed for use outside of automobiles. By 1977, AT&T and Bell Labs had constructed a prototype cellular system. A year later, public trials of the new system were held in Chicago with over 2,000 customers. In 1979, in a separate venture, the first commercial cellular telephone system began operation in Tokyo. In 1981, Motorola and American Radio telephone started a second U.S. cellular radio-telephone system test in the Washington/Baltimore area.
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Proton Iriz The first official teaser of the Iriz was included as part of Proton's 2014 Hari Raya television advertisement which was first aired on 23 July 2014. A single image of the Iriz's front headlamp housing was shown at the end of the video, with the caption Nantikan Kemunculannya (English: Wait For Its Appearance).he heart of Proton Iriz, direct-injected versions of the 1.3 and 1.6 VVT motors (designed to Euro 5 standards, detuned to Euro 4 for Malaysia due to Malaysian lower fuel quality) would certainly go hand-in-hand with its borrowed diesel engine towards meeting the upcoming Euro 6 standards in future.
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Iridium And by the fall of 2000—when Colussy was shuttling between the U.S. secretary of defense’s office, Lloyd’s of London, a member of the Saudi royal family, and Iridium’s principal gateway, in Tempe, Arizona, to paste his deal together—Motorola was threatening daily to let the whole satellite network crash back to Earth.
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Subscriber identity module The use of SIM cards is mandatory in GSM devices. The satellite phone networks Iridium, Thuraya and Inmarsat's BGAN also use SIM cards. Sometimes, these SIM cards work in regular GSM phones and also allow GSM customers to roam in satellite networks by using their own SIM card in a satellite phone.
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- This Day in History: 10/04/1957 - Sputnik Launched. On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union inaugurates the Space Age with its launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for satellite, was launched at 10:29 p.m.
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Intercontinental ballistic missile The first strategic-missile unit became operational on 9 February 1959 at Plesetsk in north-west Russia. It was the same R-7 launch vehicle that placed the first artificial satellite in space, Sputnik, on 4 October 1957.he first launch took place on 15 May 1957 and led to an unintended crash 400 km (250 mi) from the site. The first successful test followed on 21 August 1957; the R-7 flew over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) and became the world's first ICBM.
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Satellite The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Since then, thousands of satellites have been launched into orbit around the Earth. Some satellites, notably space stations, have been launched in parts and assembled in orbit.he first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, and initiating the Soviet Sputnik program, with Sergei Korolev as chief designer (there is a crater on the lunar far side which bears his name).
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AIDS-Related Lymphoma Treatment (PDQÂ®)âPatient Version AIDS-related lymphoma is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the lymph system of patients who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). There are many different types of lymphoma. Signs of AIDS-related lymphoma include weight loss, fever, and night sweats.
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The First Cellphone Went on Sale 30 Years Ago for $4,000 Somewhere in either Chicago, Baltimore or Washington, someone plunked down $3,995 to buy the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, the first handheld cellphone, on March 13, 1984 — 30 years ago today. We don't know who that first cellphone buyer was. At the time, the occasion didn't register as historically auspicious.
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- In 1980, the Russian ham community entered in the course in launching his first amateur satellite Phase-3A. It was the third-generation of a complex spacecraft, using higher radio frequencies, and flying on Molniya orbits.
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Microwave oven In 1947, Raytheon built the Radarange, the first commercially available microwave oven. It was almost 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) tall, weighed 340 kilograms (750 lb) and cost about US$5,000 ($52,809 in today's dollars) each.
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- The world was shocked on October 4, 1957, when the USSR launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. It was the beginning of the space race. The world was shocked on October 4, 1957, when the USSR launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. It was the beginning of the space race. Sputnik 1: Earth's First Artificial Satellite
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Component Issue Delays Iridium Next Launches by Four Months But if a third satellite fails, insurers will pay a claim for all three — or more — plus a pro rata share of the launch costs. Iridium Next has been budgeted at $3 billion, including a $2.3 billion contract with Thales Alenia Space for 81 satellites, of which $1.5 billion had been paid as of Sept. 30.
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- The GeoEye-1 satellite sensor was successfully launched on September 6, 2008. The satellite, which was launched at Vanderberg Air Force Base, California, provides a resolution of 0.46 meters.
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- Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone. On 3 April 1973 when Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment, placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs. man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid 1980s that they became widely available.