Aalice.299 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!mhtsa!alice!sjb Mon Dec 21 21:56:49 1981 American Satellite Company The American Satellite Co. has filed an application with the FCC asking permission to build its own satellites. ASC, now the leader in high-speed satellite communications, has space on board WESTAR satellites, but asked permission to build its own to offset new competition from Satellite Business Systems, which has already built and launched two satellites. The proposed ASC satellites would be able to use 2 radio bands, have a 10-year life span, and be able to be launched by either the shuttle or a Delta or Ariane rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.