Eccentric Orbits Quotes

“CDMA—better known as frequency hopping, or “spread spectrum”—was a way to use multiple frequencies to send the same signal. This system was invented by Hedy Lamarr, the actress, and would become the industry standard.19”
― John Bloom, Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

“Stamp was also innovative about his assembly line, setting up his factory in Chandler so that the satellites were built horizontally instead of vertically. That meant the assemblers could work at waist level, whereas on military satellites, the technicians stood on ladders and leaned over. He trained Lockheed Martin in the new technique, then later bragged about it to his friends at Khrunichev in Moscow, only to be told, “We’ve done it that way for forty years.”
― John Bloom, Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story