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Iridium

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McQ Inc. was awarded an AFWERX SBIR Phase II contract to develop a military version of the company’s McQ CONNECT® Iridium Certus® 100 satellite terminal.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2022McQ’s force multiplier CONNECT®MIL SATCOM terminal awarded an AFWERX contract

All satellites in Iridium’s upgraded constellation were built by Thales Alenia Space and carry the Aireon hosted payload.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2022Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket

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

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2022Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket

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.

Mentioned as: Iridium NEXTOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2022Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket

The eight SpaceX launches between January 2017 and January 2019 delivered 75 satellites to low Earth orbit as part of the Iridium NEXT campaign.

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2022Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket

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.

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2022Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket

The Iridium-9 launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023.

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2022Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket

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

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2022Iridium Partners with SpaceX to Launch 5 Ground Spare Satellites on Falcon-9 Rocket

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

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2022Iridium announces their 9th SpaceX launch to occur in mid-2023

The five satellites covered by Iridium’s new $35,000,000 launch contract will not be launched by Relativity.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative PlanSep 9, 2022SpaceX to launch five spare Iridium satellites

All satellites in the upgraded Iridium constellation were built by Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative GeneralSep 9, 2022Iridium announces their 9th SpaceX launch to occur in mid-2023

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

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2022SpaceX to launch five spare Iridium satellites

Iridium will launch five of its remaining six ground spare satellites on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission in 2023.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative PlanSep 9, 2022SpaceX to launch five spare Iridium satellites

Iridium’s second quarter earnings release on 2022-07-26 announced a contract for the launch of five satellites for $35,000,000.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative FinancialSep 9, 2022SpaceX to launch five spare Iridium satellites

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.

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2022Iridium announces their 9th SpaceX launch to occur in mid-2023

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.

Mentioned as: iridiumTechnical ProductSep 9, 2022Report: Ligado’s wireless network will interfere with Iridium and some GPS services

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

Mentioned as: iridiumOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2022Iridium announces their 9th SpaceX launch to occur in mid-2023

Iridium indicated in 2023 that it was seeking to launch up to five of the remaining six spare satellites currently in storage in Arizona.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative GeneralSep 9, 2022SpaceX to launch five spare Iridium satellites

Iridium’s first launch in company history took place from Vandenberg on 1997-05-05.

Mentioned as: IridiumNarrative GeneralSep 9, 2022Iridium announces their 9th SpaceX launch to occur in mid-2023

The Iridium-9 launch is planned to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in mid-2023.

Mentioned as: IridiumOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2022Iridium announces their 9th SpaceX launch to occur in mid-2023
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