0 commentsI'll be missing a few crucial days of Beach Week in order to travel with my dad for some of his company business. The time with friends will be missed, but I don't really think I deserve a week's worth of vacation! Neither does my dad (cut to him not laughing).
Last summer, on June 27th, I chatted on my blog about Thaicom's iPSTAR Broadband Satellite System. It was my first peek into this extra-terrestrial data network, largely supplanted by Howstuffworks "How Satellites Work"Not so long ago, satellites were exotic, top-secret devices. They were used primarily in a military capacity, for activities such as navigation and espionage. Now they are an essential part of our daily lives. page. The iPSTAR satellite is important because this press release from late 2003 states:
The largest satellite ever built, iPSTAR-1 has an aggregate capacity of 40 gigabits per second (Gbps) as compared with a conventional satellite's capacity of 2-3 Gbps. It is due to be launched in early 2004.
Anyhow. Satellites and airplanes and Rhode Island are on my mind tonight.