Iridium is negotiating a potential $35,000,000 launch deal for the deployment of its ground spare satellites.
Iridium expects the U.S. government to award a contract to operate the Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 1 constellation in 2022.
Iridium reported first-quarter 2022 revenue of $168.2 million, a 15% increase compared with the same period in 2021.
Collins Aerospace completed multiple tests in 2020 and 2021 in which its ALGA and HGA successfully connected to and transmitted data to an orbiting Iridium satellite.
Collins Aerospace’s Iridium SATCOM solution will provide business aviation and air transport customers with faster speeds, lower weight, and a smaller antenna footprint than legacy SATCOM systems, enabling minimum drag and lower power usage.
Collins Aerospace’s Iridium Connected aviation terminals will enable commercial, business, and government aircraft to receive graphical weather updates, transmit aircraft telematics, and provide future cockpit safety services at the higher speeds of Iridium Certus.
Iridium Certus 700 delivers high-speed L-band connectivity regardless of a vessel’s location at sea.
Heli-SGI, an Indonesia-based company, will use SKYTRAC’s Iridium Satcom terminals onboard their Bell 212 and Bell 412 helicopters.
Satellite voice and data communications via the Iridium network provide essential safety measures in remote areas without cellular coverage.
The new Iridium antenna enables satellite phones to be built close to the size and cost of a normal cellular mobile phone.
The HXDC1600 antenna family meets the Iridium satellite data network’s voice and short-burst data requirements.
The Iridium antenna from Helix Geospace is suitable for mobile handsets, wearable trackers, personal safety devices, vehicles, marine craft, and aircraft.
Helix Geospace's IoT applications for the Iridium satellite network include logistics, asset tracking, and monitoring of critical infrastructure.
Helix Geospace launched the world’s smallest Iridium antenna, the HXDC1600, which measures 37mm long and 13.5mm in diameter.
Helix Geospace launched the HXDC1600 family, described as the world’s smallest Iridium antenna that can operate safely near the human head with minimal performance degradation.
The HXDC1600 Iridium antenna can operate safely near the human head with minimal performance degradation.
Data sheets for the HXDC1600 family of DielectriX antennas for Iridium applications are available at helixgeospace.com.
More than 4,000 SAILOR 4300 terminals have been ordered as the leading antenna for Iridium Certus.
Iridium’s upgraded low-latency satellite network provides access to affordable, fast internet speeds for SAILOR 4300 L-band users.
SkyLink 7100 is a dual-mode system that operates via the Iridium Certus 100 service and local GSM/LTE networks.