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TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 13,  2015 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has moved back the launch schedule for the first two Iridium NEXT satellites in order to fix an issue discovered on the Ka-band transmit-receive modules, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Spaceflight NowÂ...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has reported third quarter earnings of 24 cents per share to exceed Wall Street analyst forecasts by 5 cents and the prior year figure by 7 cents. Profit at the McLean, Va.-based satellite communications provider climbed 44.92 percent year-over-year to $29.54 million and reven...
TYSONS CORNER, VA September 1, 2015 — Matt Desch, Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO, said the company has poured $3 billion toward the launch of its 66-satellite Iridium NEXT constellation, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Globe and Mail featured Sunday comments from Desch and other Iridium officials on how the company for...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has reported a 12.5 percent increase in government segment revenue for the company’s fiscal year 2015 second quarter compared to the prior year period. Total quarterly sales for the segment reached $18 million, which the company attributed primarily to its airtime services contract with the Defense Departm...
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 15, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch indicated that the nine spare Iridium Next satellites the company is building will help cut insurance coverage costs for the 72 others due for launch by 2017. Space News reported Thursd...
TYSONS CORNER, VA June 3, 2015 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has installed an Aireon air traffic surveillance payload onto a NEXT satellite for deployment using ADS-B receivers from space, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. “The integration of the Aireon hosted payload to the satellite platform is a major milestone for ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA May 22, 2015 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has donated 11 satellite phones to the International Telecommunications Union for use in first responder emergency communications and recovery missions during natural disasters, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “The work ITU is doing...
Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM) has announced financial results for the first quarter of its 2015 fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. The McLean, Va.-based satellite services provider reported a year-over-year revenue increase of 13 percent in its government services segment to $18 million,  activity Iridium attributed to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA March 30, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch said recent startups’ plans to build constellations of microsatellites to expand global Internet connectivity present both “interesting innovationâ€&...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 18, 2015 – Matt Desch, who heads mobile satellite services company Iridium, has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his leadership role in global satellite communications. The Wash100 is t...
