Iridium

SpaceX launched all 75 satellites for Iridium’s $3,000,000,000 Iridium Next second-generation constellation using Falcon 9 rockets.

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.

Iridium expects the U.S. government to award a contract to operate the Space Development Agency Transport Layer Tranche 1 constellation in 2022.

Matt Desch disclosed plans to deploy Iridium’s ground spares during the company’s 2022-04-19, first-quarter earnings call.

Iridium, PlanetiQ, and GeoOptics joined a coalition of 90 companies, organizations, and associations seeking to overturn the FCC’s April 2020 approval for Ligado’s terrestrial use of L-band spectrum.

Iridium expects total service revenue growth of 7–9% for 2022, raised from a previous forecast of 5–7%.

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.

Since completion of the upgraded Iridium network in early 2019, Iridium’s customer base grew by more than 730,000 subscribers in three years.

Iridium signed a 2020 contract with Relativity Space to launch up to six ground spares on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket.

Iridium launched its second generation of 75 satellites on eight Falcon 9 missions from January 2017 to January 2019.

The Federal Communications Commission authorized Ligado Networks in 2020 to develop a 0.005 kg cellular service by repurposing a portion of L-band radio spectrum adjacent to GPS and Iridium bands.

SpaceX conducted eight Iridium launches between January 2017 and January 2019.

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.

SpaceX conducted eight Iridium launches between January 2017 and January 2019.

Since completion of the upgraded Iridium network in early 2019, Iridium’s customer base grew by more than 730,000 subscribers in three years and has more than 1.8 million subscribers today.

Iridium’s first launch took place from Vandenberg on 1997-05-05 and carried five Iridium satellites to orbit on a Delta II rocket.

The Iridium Certus network of 66 LEO satellites provides coverage of 100% of the globe.

Iridium operates a 66-satellite constellation that cost $3,000,000,000 and is more advanced than Globalstar’s 24-satellite network.

Samsung plans to use Iridium’s constellation to bring satellite connectivity to its Galaxy S23 smartphones 2023.

Iridium unveiled Qualcomm on 2023-01-05 as the partner behind plans to connect smartphones to its satellite constellation 2023.