Iridium Communications Inc. is a publicly traded American company that operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 80 satellites in low Earth orbit. Iridium provides global voice and data communication services via handheld satellite phones, messaging devices, and integrated transceivers. The company partners with various organizations, including General Dynamics Mission Systems and SpaceX, and serves diverse sectors such as aviation, maritime, and government, offering services like the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS).
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Iridium unveiled its entry into the satellite-to-smartphone market on 2023-01-05 in a partnership with Qualcomm.
Samsung plans to use Iridium’s constellation to bring satellite connectivity to its Galaxy S23 smartphones 2023.
On 2023-01-05, Iridium named U.S.-based chipmaker Qualcomm as its direct-to-smartphone partner.
In July Iridium signed a development contract with a company to enable Iridium satellite technology in smartphones.
Satcom Direct is also an Iridium Certus® service provider for U.S. government customers.
Iridium Communications has selected MetOcean Telematics, NAL Research, and Trace Systems as Iridium Certus® service providers for U.S. government customers.
The new Iridium GO! manufacturing order to Beam is expected to be delivered in fiscal year 2024.
Beam Communications Holdings Ltd. received a new order worth approximately $2,500,000 from Iridium Communications Inc. for the manufacturing of Iridium GO! devices.
Beam has received manufacturing orders for 67,500 Iridium GO! units from Iridium since the product’s launch.
Iridium GO! was jointly designed and developed by Beam Communications Holdings Ltd. and Iridium Communications Inc.
All satellites in Iridium’s upgraded constellation were built by Thales Alenia Space and carry the Aireon hosted payload.
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.
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.
The five satellites covered by Iridium’s new $35,000,000 launch contract will not be launched by Relativity.
Iridium’s second quarter earnings release on 2022-07-26 announced a contract for the launch of five satellites for $35,000,000.
Iridium Communications completed a generational upgrade of its satellite network in 2019 and launched the specialty broadband service Iridium Certus.
Relativity announced customers for Terran 1 including Iridium and Telesat.
Iridium’s June 2020 contract with Relativity included up to six Terran 1 launches each carrying a single spare satellite currently in ground storage.
Iridium signed a 2022-07-26 contract with an unnamed launch provider to launch five spare satellites next year for $35 million, and Iridium’s contract with Relativity remained in effect with one spare left to launch on Terran 1.
DoD signed a seven-year agreement in 2019 with Iridium Communications for unlimited use of Iridium’s mobile communications constellation.