Iridium NEXT

Aireon operates a global space-based ADS-B network using payloads hosted on Iridium NEXT satellites.

Aireon data relayed via Iridium-NEXT satellites indicated the Stargazer airplane's flight status.

NAV CANADA committed an initial investment of up to US$150 million in 2012 to host ADS-B receivers on the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation for Aireon’s technology.

Iridium Communications targeted the Iridium NEXT launch for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT to deliver 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit and bring the total deployed Iridium NEXT satellites to 30.

Iridium NEXT launches take place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and Iridium planned a fourth launch in late November 2017 to continue constellation deployment toward completion in 2018.

Satelles began offering a space-based PNT service in 2016 that broadcasts timing and location signals through a channel on Iridium NEXT communications satellites.

Iridium expects its Iridium Next satellites to perform well to at least 2035 following a recent engineering assessment.

Iridium’s $3,000,000,000 Iridium Next constellation supports services including broadband, connectivity for monitoring and tracking Internet of Things devices, and a planned direct-to-smartphone business.

The Iridium Next constellation comprises 80 operational satellites launched from 2017 to 2019 plus five spare satellites lofted in 2023.

SpaceX launched Iridium NEXT satellites between 2017 and 2019 and also launched nine in-orbit spares for Iridium.

Sener Aerospace supplies components to commercial communications-satellite manufacturers and New Space constellation programs including Spainsat NG, Globalstar 0.002 kg, O3B, Iridium NEXT, OneWeb, and OneSat.

Iridium Communications reached an agreement with SpaceX to launch up to five of its remaining ground spare satellites from the Iridium NEXT program on a Falcon 9 rocket.

The eight SpaceX launches between January 2017 and January 2019 delivered 75 satellites to low Earth orbit as part of the Iridium NEXT campaign.

SpaceX’s eight Iridium launches between January 2017 and January 2019 delivered 75 satellites to low Earth orbit as part of the Iridium NEXT campaign.

SpaceX launched all 75 satellites for Iridium’s $3,000,000,000 Iridium Next second-generation constellation using Falcon 9 rockets.

SpaceX lofted the latest batch of 10 Iridium Next satellites in early 2019 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The Iridium NEXT satellite network supports SKYTRAC’s avionics with resilient connectivity.

Northrop Grumman (including work by Orbital Sciences prior to acquisition) assembled, integrated and tested 81 Iridium NEXT satellites that were deployed in low Earth orbit in 2019.

Northrop Grumman previously assembled, integrated, and tested 81 Iridium NEXT satellites deployed in low Earth orbit in 2019 through a program originating with Orbital Sciences Corp.

SKYTRAC’s SDL-350 and Iridium Certus connectivity services use the Iridium NEXT Low Earth Orbit constellation to provide globally available broadband connectivity.