wolit@mhuxd.att.com (Jan I Wolitzky) (10/20/90)
From: wolit@mhuxd.att.com (Jan I Wolitzky)
Do any members of the Arab League, which own the Arabsat
communication satellite launched by the orbiter Discovery
in 1985, use the satellite for military purposes, including
tactical communication? I know that the satellite includes
provisions for preventing eavesdropping by member countries
on the communications of others, but are there any provisions
for denying service to some members altogether? I.e., once
the U.S. and the Gulf Cooperation Council decide to invade Iraq,
do they have the capability to shut down the transponders used
by Iraq? Does Iraq have the ability to exercise control over
any part of the satellite autonomously?
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Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 908 582-2998
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