Iridium NEXT-8 launched on a SpaceX Falcon ... the prospect of completely replacing and upgrading its extensive orbital satellite constellation was a non-starter. But a government contract in ...

But that began to change six years ago. As Iridium was planning its NEXT satellite constellation, Mr. Desch met the Chief Information Officer of the Coast Guard at a satellite show; and by that ...

The Iridium satellite constellation is designed for low Earth orbit (LEO), which allows for lower latency and power requirements compared to geostationary satellites. The satellites are arranged ...

A Canadian woman was recently detained and fined for carrying a GPS device at Goa airport, an incident with established ...

The company operates 66 Iridium Next spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO) for L-band connectivity services, plus additional spares, and expects the current constellation to perform well to at least ...

each of the satellites successfully contacted engineers at Iridium's Satellite Network Operations Center (SNOC), in Virginia. "The completion of our upgraded constellation was a major milestone ...

Project Stardust aims to enable NB-IoT communication through Iridium's operational low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite ...

The Iridium satellite constellation, with its fully crosslinked LEO architecture and global L-band spectrum, offers a competitive advantage over other satellite networks. It is certified for ...

Iridium Communications Inc. is a prominent provider of satellite communications products and services. Founded in 2001, the company operates a constellation of 66 satellites, along with additional ...

Whose satellite constellation are they using ... a provider of satellite data services that like their competitor Iridium have their origins in the 1990s when satellite phones were briefly ...