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 awarded Relativity Space an on-demand contract for six replacement-satellite launches using the Terran 1 rocket.
Iridium Communications completed disposal of the last of its 65 working legacy first-generation satellites on 2019-12-28.
Iridium Communications received a five-year Gateway Evolution indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to upgrade a gateway station dedicated to making its satellite communications services available for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Iridium borrowed $1,800,000,000 in 2010 from a syndicate of banks through a credit facility from BPIAE to finance the purchase of 81 satellites from Thales Alenia Space.
Under the new Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services contract, Iridium stands to receive an average of $105,000,000 per year.
The International Telecommunication Union deployed 50 satellite phones from Iridium and broadband terminals from Inmarsat to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
Iridium provides unlimited voice and data satellite communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense through a five-year EMSS contract awarded in late 2013.
Iridium received a separate Defense Department contract renewal worth up to $54,000,000 to upgrade a government-dedicated ground station in Hawaii.
Iridium first signed a contract with SpaceX in 2010 to orbit 72 Iridium Next satellites.
Iridium Communications scheduled SpaceX’s eighth and final Iridium Next launch for 2018-01-07 on 2018-12-07.
Iridium Communications operates a 66-satellite global communications constellation and uses automated conjunction analysis that executes in seconds.
The $69,000,000 investment from NATS enabled Aireon to pay Iridium $8,100,000 so far 2018.
Aireon is obligated to pay Iridium a $34,000,000 bill payable over 12.5 years for the share of the satellites’ onboard electricity required to power the Harris Corp.-built ADS-B payloads.
The last mission needed to complete Iridium Communications’ second-generation Iridium Next satellite constellation was scheduled for 2018-12-30.
Iridium received a $44 million contract extension from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency.
Under the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) contract, Iridium provides unlimited secure and unsecure voice, data, and other services.
A Delta 2 variant launched five Iridium communications satellites into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 1997-05-05.
Harris supplied hosted payloads for Iridium Next communications satellites.
Iridium has a five-year, $400,000,000 contract with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency that expires in October.
Iridium and the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) booked a single Falcon 9 for the 2018-05-22 launch and split the cost between them.