Iridium 77 crosslinks and ground commanding. Iridium 77 Iridium 77 is a communications Satellite which is part of a satellite constellation known as Iridium, named after the 77th chemical element of the periodic table, "iridium". It was launched in 1998 and as of 2014, operational. It is owned and funded by Iridium, a communications company. Iridium 77 is a part of a space-based communications system called Iridium. Conceived, designed, and built by Motorola, the Iridium system provides wireless, mobile communications through a network of 66 satellites in polar, low-Earth orbits. Inaugurated in November 1998, under the auspices of Iridium LLC, this complex
Element Eighty Element Eighty Element Eighty was a four-piece nu metal band from Tyler, Texas. The band formed in 2000. The band split in 2006, only to be reunited a few months later in 2007. Their first album was named after the chemical element mercury, which has number eighty in the Periodic Table of the Elements. Element Eighty formed in 1998, and self-released their debut album "Mercuric" on June 21, 2001. In April 2003, the band signed a deal with Universal/Republic Records. Their self-titled album "Element Eighty" was released on October 28, 2003. The band toured with such artists as Sevendust, Mudvayne,