随着4月底工程官员按下Delta Ⅱ型火箭的发射按钮,铱工程最后的5颗卫星被送入轨道。这些卫星目前各就各位,准备开始服务。铱工程是第一个全球卫星通讯网络,承诺用户无论身处世界何地,部可以接收和发送电话及寻呼。而目前,全球旅行的用户不得不应付电话断线或是不同协议(需要准备不同类型的电话)的麻烦。铱卫星网络工程的主要资助者Motorola公司 With the engineering officer pressing the launch button of the Delta II rocket at the end of April, the last five satellites of the Iridium project were put into orbit. Each of these satellites is now ready for service. Iridium Engineering is the first global satellite communications network that promises users the ability to receive and send calls and pages regardless of where they are in the world. At the moment, users worldwide travel have to deal with the hassle of disconnecting phones or different protocols (requiring different types of phones). Motorola, the main sponsor of Iridium Satellite Network Engineering