Author: Anna Forrester|| Date Published: June 22, 2017
Matt Desch
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 22, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) is in its final preparations for the scheduled June 25 launch of the next batch of Iridium Next satellites aboard a SpaceXFalcon 9 rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday.
Get Connected reported Monday that this will be the second group of 10 satellites out of the 75 total that will be deployed to orbit and eventually replace legacy satellites deployed in the 1990s.
“Once deployed, this batch of satellites will be tested and validated and inserted one-by-one into our existing constellation, replacing our original block one satellites,” said Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium and an inductee into Executive Mosaic™s Wash100 for 2017.
About Executive Mosaic: Founded in 2002, Executive Mosaic is a leadership organization and media company. Executive Mosaic offers highly coveted executive events, breaking business news on the Government Contracting industry, and delivers robust and reliable content through seven influential websites and four consequential E-newswires. Headquarters are located in Tysons Corner, VA. www.executivemosaic.com
Contact: David Smith (703) 226-7002 david.smith@executivemosaic.com
Potomac Officers Club, the Capital region’s foremost government contracting events and networking organization, is thrilled to introduce its summer series for…
Heather Gerczak, chief administrative officer at Integral Federal, has been named chair of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 Contracts Group. The 4×24 Executive Leadership…
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) presented its Q1 2024 financial results, in which total revenue reacched $203.9 million, although slightly lower…
