TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 27, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) could use SpaceX‘s pre-flown first-stage Falcon 9 rocket boosters to launch future Iridium Next satellites depending on the impact to cost, reliability and the schedule, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Space News reported June 20 that the company will...
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 SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Get Connected reported Monday that this will be the second group of 10 satellites out of the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 7, 2017 ” Harris (NYSE: HRS) has started the operations of four maritime vessel tracking receivers that are hosted on the Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) satellites launched in January, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Iridium Next-hosted payloads work to track an estimated 250,000 ships around the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 30, 2017 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) anticipates the launch of the second 10-unit batch of Iridium Next satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on June 25 — four days ahead of the original schedule, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. SpaceX notified Iridium of the earlier range availability at Va...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2017 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has unveiled that eight of the Iridium Next satellites that launched in January have started data and voice transmissions by mid-April, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. “We completed the commissioning of these Iridium Next satellites about one wee...
Tom Edmonston, senior sales engineer for government programs at Iridium Communications, discusses the company’s Iridium NEXT constellation, growth and affordable plans with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Satellite 2017 trade show March 6-9, 2017, in Washington....
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 7, 2017 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications, has been inducted into this year’s Executive Mosaic Wash100, for his leadership in the launch of the company’s NEXT satellite constellation. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector executives selected by Executive Mos...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsxWqRiC7m8 Watch how Iridium performs a “slot swap” for their NEXT satellite constellation....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu61shULKTk Satellite operator Iridium announced Tuesday, Jan. 31 its sharing a SpaceX rocket with NASA to launch its satellites more cheaply....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77iMqLzJs0 Leveraging hosted payload space on the Iridium NEXT constellation, Harris has built 81 payloads for Aireon that will deliver 100% air traffic surveillance for every equipped aircraft in the world. Harris has also partnered with exactEarth to provide global maritime coverage....
