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铱星公司宣告破产纽约当地时间3月17日,铱星公司宣布破产重组失败,美国纽约南区的破产法院批准铱星公司破产清盘。铱星是世界上第一个投入使用的大型低轨卫星移动通信系统,共由66颗卫星和6颗备用星组成。该系统于1998年11月1日正式投入运营。由于经营决策、市场预测等方面的失误,铱星公司在完成卫星发射后不久,便陷入了濒于破产的境地。1999年8月,铱星公司向法院申请破产保护。在经历了长达七个多月后,公司破产重组失败,铱系统也在3月17日23时59分(美国东部时间)停止向用户提供服务。
Iridium company declared bankruptcy New York local time on March 17, Iridium announced the bankruptcy reorganization failed, the bankruptcy court in New York Southern District of the United States approved Iridium Star bankruptcy. Iridium is the world’s first large-scale orbital satellite mobile communication system, consisting of 66 satellites and 6 spare stars. The system was officially put into operation on November 1, 1998. Due to business management, market forecasting and other mistakes, Iridium satellite soon after completion of the satellite launch, it fell into the brink of bankruptcy. In August 1999, Iridium filed for bankruptcy protection before the court. After more than seven months, the bankruptcy reorganization failed, and the Iridium system stopped providing services to users at 23:59 on March 17 (EST).