Other factors included service delays until the entire constellation was deployed and other technical issues. In 2009, an Iridium satellite collided with a nonoperational Russian satellite ...

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to enable satellite messaging ...

Iridium Communications IRDM recently teamed up with Syniverse, a top provider of mobile connectivity solutions, to enable the global deployment of its new Iridium NTN Direct service, a cutting-edge, ...

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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 replaced its first-generation fleet with more secure satellites (the second-generation NEXT constellation) between 2017 and 2019. But according to satellite and telecommunications industry ...

Motorola decided to stick with the more marketable name “Iridium” even if its applicability to the size of the operational satellite constellation was no longer accurate. Ironically ...

The satellite-to-phone trend we predicted ... global coverage," Iridium CEO Matt Desch said in a press release. Iridium's constellation of satellites operate in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which ...

Iridium NEXT is the company’s next-generation satellite constellation, replacing and enhancing its existing network of low-Earth orbit satellites spanning the entire globe – the largest ...

"This is an exciting moment for Iridium and is a testament to the flexibility and capability built into our satellite constellation," said Iridium CEO Matt Desch. "The industry is moving quickly ...

Connecting its satellites directly with smartphones and other handheld devices has been a major goal for Tysons-based Iridium ...