1999 First Pole-to-Pole Phone Call

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15 years after the ATS satellite phone service was set up at the South Pole NASA Mike and another team made the First Phone Call between 90N and 90S.

Iridium satellites were used at the North Pole and the TDRS-F1 satellite was used at the South Pole. ATS-3 was still working but not used for this 45-minute Conference Call.

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