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Satelles has been providing assured PNT services over Iridium’s satellites in low Earth orbit since 2016.
Iridium and Thales will continue to equip the IMOCA racing fleet with Iridium Certus satellite connectivity delivered by the Thales VesseLINK 700 terminal.
IMOCA skippers have used the Iridium Certus SATCOM system since 2019 during high-profile yachting events including the Vendée Globe race.
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.
Oceaneering International, Inc.’s clients, primarily in the marine energy sector, can achieve positioning accuracy to less than 0.05 m with the new MAX service using DDK Positioning and Topcon products over the Iridium network.
Iridium Certus connectivity provides the Canadian Coast Guard with access to navigational data and weather reports, improving on historical solutions.
The Canadian Coast Guard deployed dozens of Iridium Certus Thales VesseLINK 700 terminals on its vessels, including icebreakers.
Iridium launched its Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) service in December 2020.
Since 2016 Satelles has offered timing and location signals through a channel on Iridium Next satellites that was reserved for paging in the original Iridium constellation.
Iridium satellites orbit about 25 times closer to Earth than GPS satellites, producing ground signals that can be roughly 1,000 times stronger than GPS.
Thales MissionLINK 700 and MissionLINK 200 terminals offer Iridium Certus service for land mobile applications.
Iridium Certus aviation solutions were planned for availability in late 2021 to serve business, commercial, government and general aviation aircraft, including rotorcraft.
CSCO currently procures geostationary broadband and narrowband services from incumbent providers including Iridium Communications.
Iridium will develop a concept based on the Iridium Burst service that can transmit data to thousands of enabled devices via Iridium’s 66-satellite low Earth orbit network.
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.
Canadian Forces Station Alert has deployed Iridium Certus technology using a Thales MissionLINK 700 terminal to ensure reliable communications.