“There is not much margin to get (the satellites) in the exact orbit we want it to be. It's an instantaneous launch window -- either you go or don't go.”
Bruce Buckingham
“The satellite did not go into orbit because of a dysfunction in the final stage.”
Vyacheslav Davidenko
“Right now, if you have a commercial satellite in geo-stationary orbit, you are basically flying blind.”
William Ailor
“The first satellites go into orbit around Mars in 2008, as many as a half dozen of them,”
Vint Cerf
“More often than not, we see cars orbiting the parking lot.”
Bill Phillips
“We haven't found an exact solar system analog, which would have a circular orbit and a mass closer to that of Jupiter. But this shows we are getting close.”
Paul Butler
“First we have to get it into orbit, which is not an easy task.”
Doug McCuistion
