Iridium Certus launched in 2019 as a weather-resilient broadband connectivity service with equipment that scales in size, weight, and power.
All five Iridium spare satellites deployed about one hour after liftoff on the 2023-05-20 mission.
The satellites deployed on 2023-05-20 will help ensure Iridium’s critical services continue well into the next decade.
Iridium partnered with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to enable satellite SOS and two-way messaging in premium Android smartphones.
OneWeb and Iridium established contact with all their satellites following the 2023-05-20 mission.
The 2023-05-20 mission launched five of the six spare satellites Iridium had been keeping in storage for at least four years.
Iridium’s upgraded constellation was completed in February 2019.
MT Aerospace’s solutions are used in ARIANE 5, H-IIA, NASA’s Space Launch System, Eurostar, Iridium, Alphabus, and SmallGEO systems.
Iridium partnered with Qualcomm to provide direct-to-device services.
Iridium unveiled chipmaker Qualcomm as its partner behind plans to connect Android smartphones and other devices to the Iridium constellation 2023.
Iridium held a contract for up to six Terran 1 launches of replacement satellites and contracted five of those remaining spares to SpaceX in September 2022, leaving at most one launch with Relativity.
The Sikorsky S-92 equipped with Iridium Certus® 100 connectivity will support automated flight following and mission management.
The Sikorsky S-92 equipped with Iridium Certus® 100 connectivity will support real-time aircraft exceedance alerting and post-flight automated data offloading.
The Sikorsky S-92 equipped with Iridium Certus® 100 connectivity will support medical data transfer and continuous monitoring of critical patient data from the incident site to the hospital.
The Sikorsky S-92 equipped with Iridium Certus® 100 connectivity will support real-time image transfers and secure private satellite Push-to-Talk (PTT).
The Sikorsky S-92 equipped with Iridium Certus® 100 connectivity will support cockpit and cabin connectivity, SATCOM voice, text-based messaging, and email capabilities.
SKYTRAC is providing Blue Sky Network’s Iridium Certus Connected® SkyLink 7100 to the Sikorsky S-92.
SKYTRAC is providing Iridium Certus® 100 satellite connectivity to the Sikorsky S-92 via its ISAT-200A solution.
Iridium has partnered with Qualcomm to bring two-way messaging to Android smartphones and other devices slated for release in the second half of 2023.
Iridium partnered with U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm to enable its satellites to connect with Android smartphones and other devices, with initial products slated for release in the second half of 2023.