From scampbell@clari.net Fri May 19 23:55:01 1995
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From: scampbell@clari.net (Sven Campbell)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.

Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives.
One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites?

If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt?

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=== Sven Campbell ===
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"They will send a copy in my place."

From mtakahashi@earthlink.net Sun May 21 22:08:01 1995
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From: mtakahashi@earthlink.net (Matthias Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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In article <1995May19.235501.3170@clari.net>, scampbell@clari.net (Sven Campbell) writes:
> The geographic math of Project Stardust doesn't add up.
> Nodes 11 through 14 have blank regional pressing entries in the Ashford Poly archives.

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

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=== Matthias Takahashi ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network
"They will send a copy in my place."