TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2018 ” Globecomm Systems will serve as one of the first maritime distribution partners for Iridium Communications™ (Nasdaq: IRDM) new L-band broadband service anchored on the NEXT satellite constellation, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Globecomm said Iridium Certus will become a key offering for its cli...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 29, 2018 ” The International Maritime Organization™s maritime safety committee has cleared Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) to provide mobile satellite services in support of the Global Maritime Distress Safety System, ExecutiveBiz reported May 22. Iridium said May 21 it intends to enter a public services a...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 21, 2018 ” Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM), has said public and private sector collaboration is critical in solving the current space debris problem that threatens U.S. economic and national security, ExecutiveBiz reported May 14. Desch wrote in a USA Today opinion piece published May 14 ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 1, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has expressed confidence in the company’s broadband services portfolio amid the prevalence of low-Earth orbit satellites in space, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Desch, a 2018 Wash100 inductee, said in an earnings call that Iridium’s upcoming “...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has delivered the sixth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for their launch on May 19, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the five satellites will undergo pre-launch processing proce...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) targets May 19 to launch the Iridium-6 rideshare mission aboard SpaceX™s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Iridium said Monday the mission is the sixth Iridium NEXT launch overall and would increase the total...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 5, 2018 ” Iridium Communications‘ (Nasdaq: IRDM) recently launched batch of Iridium NEXT satellites is now in the pre-operational testing and validation phase with all systems said to be functioning nominally, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the 10 satellites launched Friday aboard a Falc...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 19, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has completed the delivery of 10 satellites that will be part of the Iridium NEXT constellation as the company prepares for the fifth batch’s launch aboard a SpaceX rocket on March 29, ExecutiveBiz reported. The satellites are undergoing processing at the SpaceX lau...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 6, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has set the launch of a fifth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites on March 29 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, ExecutiveBiz reported. Iridium said it will launch five satellites and scientific instruments for the U.S. and Germany as a continuation of its schedule to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has set the launch of the fifth batch of Iridium NEXT satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 18 to bring the constellation to 50 units in orbit, ExecutiveBiz reported. The company said the rocket will use the same first stage as the...
