Canadian Parliamentary Motion on Alexander Graham Bell with Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps to discuss the motion. Many Italian Canadians were upset by the motion due to long held beliefs that Meucci was the telephone's inventor, according to the Italian-language weekly "L'Ora Di Ottawa". The motion was still referred to years after its passage, in reference to Bell's primacy in the invention of the telephone. In an article on author Charlotte Gray's new book "Reluctant Genius", the "Ottawa Citizen" noted "…Bell invented the telephone company… [and] thanks to a 2002 motion, the Parliament of Canada continues to recognize Bell as the [telephone's] inventor". Canadian Parliamentary Motion on
Bell (satellite) control system, however onboard sensors can be used to determine and monitor the satellite's attitude. The cameras built into the phones aboard "Bell" and its sister satellite "Graham" have been used to return images of the Earth from space. Unlike "Graham", Bell has an external Iridium modem attached to one of its side. Independent battery can supply power for the modem for 2–3 days. "Bell" was named after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. The two other PhoneSat spacecraft launched aboard the same rocket were named "Alexander" and "Graham". The three PhoneSat spacecraft, along with the commercial Dove