The surface of our planet is approximately 70 percent water, with vast swathes of blue covering the Earth. The oceans seem akin to a blue desert, and even the largest vessel appears tiny and insignificant. As we celebrate World Ocean Day, Iridium Director of Maritime...
Guest Blogger: Tatiana Lawrence, VP of International Regulatory & Iridium-ITU Liaison When disaster strikes, infrastructure is often damaged and traditional telecommunications can be unavailable. Iridium plays a critical role in immediate disaster response and...
To celebrate International Women's Day 2019, we sat down with our new Chief Operations Officer Suzi McBride to discuss her career and what it's like being a woman in a STEM field. About McBride: McBride has more than 25 years of experience, including building...
Guest Blogger: Fernando González Millán, Aviation Week Intern Have you ever known that you will be very surprised to go to a place, although you do not know exactly why? Well, that's what I felt last month when I visited the Iridium Satellite Network Operations Center...
Earlier this year, The Ocean Cleanup went viral in the news and on social media for its ambitious goal to rid the world’s oceans of plastic garbage and perform the largest ocean cleanup in history. The Ocean Cleanup has created a system of 600-meter-long floating...
Spotlight: Global Marine Networks (GMN) and Iridium partner together to provide communications infrastructure for the ‘eXXpedition North Pacific’ If you have been following the Iridium blog, you may know that Iridium provided connectivity support for the eXXpedition -...
