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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General Dynamics Mission Systems (NYSE: GD) and Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) were awarded a $324,516,613 contract by the Space Development Agency to establish the ground Operations and Integration segment for Tranche 1 of the National Defense Space Architecture.
Iridium pursued the Space Development Agency contract as of 2024-04-19.
Iridium is bidding to operate a planned low Earth orbit constellation for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 1.
McQ was selected by Iridium as one of the first Value Added Manufacturing partners to create a solution based on the Iridium Certus 9770.
Iridium and Thales will continue to equip the IMOCA racing fleet with Iridium Certus satellite connectivity delivered by the Thales VesseLINK 700 terminal.
The Pentagon purchased satcom-as-a-managed-service from Iridium in 2019 under a $738.5 million, seven-year contract for services from Iridium’s low Earth orbit constellation.
Satelles has provided assured PNT services over Iridium Communications’ satellites since 2016 to back up GNSS.
CSCO currently procures geostationary broadband and narrowband services from incumbent providers including Iridium Communications.
Iridium has invested in DDK Positioning, which offers positioning data services using Iridium’s network.
Iridium Communications Inc. has been awarded a research and development contract worth up to $30,000,000 by the United States Army to develop a payload to be hosted on smallsats supporting navigation, guidance, and control for GPS and GPS-denied precision systems.
Iridium Communications received a U.S. Army contract on 2021-06-24 to develop a payload that could be used to broadcast data such as timing or location signals.
Greg Pelton will join Iridium Communications as Chief Technical Officer effective 2021-06-17.
Iridium’s investment in DDK Positioning will allow DDK to grow the company and expand its service offering globally.
Iridium’s investment in DDK Positioning will allow DDK Positioning to grow the company and expand its service offering globally.
Iridium Communications partnered with AWS in 2018 to develop a network called CloudConnect targeting connectivity for Internet of Things devices.
Iridium Communications selected Thales Alenia Space over Lockheed Martin for a $3,000,000,000 constellation in part because of a Coface-backed financing package.
Matt Desch took Iridium public in 2009 via a SPAC merger with GHL Acquisition Corp.
Iridium selected NSSLGlobal as a launch partner based on NSSLGlobal’s maritime capabilities, global and regional market presence, and commitment to full 365 24/7 customer support.
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced the commercial availability of the Iridium Edge Solar, a secure, maintenance-free, solar-powered remote asset tracking and management device.
On 2020-06-24, Iridium Communications signed a launch contract with Relativity Space to deliver satellites to orbit.