World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

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I'm not there to count how many people they have saved but for sure they contributed more than Sanswire.

Anyway the point is totally different.

I mean, why STS-11 should be indispensable if communication is already established after few hours.
Pleae read Intelsat article.

INTELSAT in Haiti rapidly deployed broadband connectivity using its GlobalConnex Network Broadband service via capacity on its Intelsat 907 and Horizons 2 satellites, located at 332.5º E and 74º W respectively. These satellites are among 42 spacecraft within Intelsat’s global fleet of 55 that are enabled with GlobalConnex capabilities. For media customers, Intelsat was one of the first satellite operators with a dedicated team and a fly-away system in place at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, providing on-site coordination and transmission services.