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AATI’s AiRanger, supported by Iridium’s L-band satellite connectivity, enables remote aerial surveillance for a multinational oil and gas company’s pipeline and production facilities.
The whitepaper provides a recommended equipment list and highlights Iridium network capabilities that support UAS operations.
Iridium announced the Iridium Satellite Time and Location service in 2024.
Iridium acquired Satelles, Inc. in April 2024.
Iridium will provide the STL service to more than three dozen L3Harris-operated communications network backbone nodes throughout the United States.
Iridium will provide the STL service to a similar number of Federal Aviation Administration facilities throughout the United States.
Adtran’s Oscilloquartz division provides compact devices that receive Iridium STL signals as part of the solution for L3Harris.
The hybrid network solution for Exploris One is designed to deliver complete coverage and connectivity to the expedition cruise ship, including LEO from Eutelsat OneWeb, Starlink, and Iridium, Marlink GEO VSAT, TV-RO, and 5G GSM services.
Aireon currently provides ADS-B surveillance services using hosted payloads on Iridium Communications’ low Earth orbit constellation.
CSSC expects to deploy more Iridium GMDSS systems on its Arctic-route vessels during 2024.
The first stage booster supporting the 2024-03-10 Falcon 9 mission previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, and multiple prior Starlink missions.
Iridium will pay $115,000,000 to acquire the remaining 80% of Satelles, having previously owned 20% through prior investments.
Iridium expects the acquisition of Satelles to be completed by 2024-04-01.
Iridium expects the Satelles acquisition to generate over $100,000,000 in annual service revenue by 2030 and anticipates additional revenue from equipment and engineering.
Iridium anticipates the Iridium STL line of business will generate over $100,000,000 in service revenue per year by 2030, plus additional revenue from equipment and engineering.
Iridium will pay about $115 million, net of cash remaining in Satelles, to acquire the remaining approximately 80 percent ownership, financed through a tack-on to its term loan.
Iridium recorded $791,000,000 in revenues for 2023, a 10% increase year-on-year.
Reston, Virginia-based Satelles has been broadcasting timing and location signals since 2016 through a channel Iridium’s satellites in low Earth orbit previously used for paging.
Iridium is spending about $115,000,000 to buy the 80% of Satelles it does not already own, with the deal expected to complete 2024-04-01.
On 2024-03-04, Iridium Communications plans to buy out Satelles, which provides a backup for GPS via Iridium’s L-band network.