World Space Week: Highlighting International & Regulatory Vice President Tatiana Lawrence October 4-11, 2021 is World Space Week – the largest space event on Earth declared by the United Nations (UN). The theme for 2021 is “Women in Space,” ...
Q&A with Iridium CEO, Matt Desch – 15 Questions to Celebrate 15 Years 15 years ago, on September 21, 2006, Matt Desch became Iridium’s Chief Executive Officer. After cycling though five CEOs in five years, Iridium welcomed Matt, who proceeded to ...
Iridium® GMDSS Wins Top Connected Mobile Platform Innovation Award MCLEAN, Va., September 16, 2021 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) is proud to share that it received the Mobile Satellite Users Association’s (MSUA) 2021 Top Connected Mobile ...
IMOCA Extends Relationship Naming Iridium and Thales as Official Communications Partners MCLEAN, Va., September 14, 2021 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) is proud to share that the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA) has extended its relationship naming ...
Q&A with Travis Ludlow – The Youngest Person to Fly Around the World Solo In July of 2021, Travis Ludlow broke the Guinness World Record to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft at the ...
Behind the Network With Mission Operations Manager Ahsen Abbasi Congratulations on all your success throughout your career! How long have you been working at Iridium? I started working on Iridium in September of 1997, and with the ...
Q&A with Jeremiah Bishop: The Impossible Route Congratulations on your recent successful completion of the ‘impossible route’ through Death Valley! Can you tell us more about what inspired you to create Impossible Routes? Thank you! ...
Q&A with Audrey Puderbaugh, Principal Engineer, Space and Ground Services Can you tell us more about your STEM education and career path? What motivated or inspired you to become an engineer? I have loved everything having to do ...
Thales – Operation Arctic Lynx Partner Spotlight 1. What attracted you to participate in Operation Arctic Lynx? The magnitude of the operation, with over 20 organizations joining to participate in very ambitious and challenging ...
Q&A with Manuel Pardi – Pequod’s Voyage to Antarctica Over 30 years ago, captain Hernán Álvarez Forn built the Pequod sailboat and became the first to sail from Argentina to Antarctica. After restoring the old and forgotten ...
