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From: al@ames-lm.UUCP (Al Globus)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: satellite insurance
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Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 00:32:20 EST
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From: lauren%RAND-UNIX@vortex.UUCP

My guess is that both W.U. and Indonesia will simply take their
insurance money and make no effort to recover or otherwise make use
of their "low-orbit" satellites.  It'll be interesting to see how
much the insurance premiums have shot up for the next deployment.

--Lauren--
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According to Aviation Week and Space Technology the rates will double.
Five communication satellites have been lost in the last year or so,
two by shuttle/PAM, two by Ariane, and one by Delta.  I'm glad I
don't work in the space department of Lloyd's of London.