Iridium Announces Third Iridium® NEXT Launch Date Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) announced today that the upcoming Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. This launch will deliver ...
Second Set of Iridium® NEXT Satellites Arrive in Orbit and Provide Telemetry Iridium Communications announced today that the second set of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites, launched yesterday by SpaceX, are functioning nominally and have begun the testing and validation process. ...
Iridium and SpaceX – A Partnership Launching a New Generation of Space In this industry, innovation, precision and collaboration are key in bringing revolutionary technologies to market. As Iridium CEO Matt Desch has said, “In the satellite space industry, we ...
Hydrazine – Toxic for humans, but satellites love it. Today’s successful static fire test is yet another significant milestone passed along the way to the second Iridium® NEXT launch on June 25th. And, just like how the ...
With All Second Launch Satellites at Vandenberg, Iridium® Prepares for the Pace to Quicken All 10 Iridium NEXT Satellites Undergoing Final Launch Preparations Iridium Communications (NASDAQ: IRDM), today announced that all 10 Iridium NEXT satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base ...
Saying #Flarewell to Iridium’s Deorbiting Legacy Satellite, SV-40 Twenty years ago, approximately 475 miles above Earth, satellite vehicle number 40 (SV-40) was deployed and began providing voice services for Iridium customers. Throughout these two decades, SV-40 ...
First Iridium NEXT Satellite Now Active! Learn What It Takes to Complete a One-for-One Satellite Replacement Since the first 10 Iridium NEXT satellites were successfully launched and deployed on January 14th, they have ...
Testing & Validating In Preparation for the “Slot Swaps”! After a successful first launch, the next order of business is ensuring that each of the first ten satellites successfully arrived in orbit and telemetry has been received. ...
Success! The First Ten Iridium NEXT Satellites Have Arrived in Low-Earth Orbit Today, January 14, 2017, marks a historic day in Iridium history – the first payload of ten Iridium NEXT satellites have been launched and deployed into low-Earth orbit ...
T-Minus 1 Day to Launch: Dress Rehearsal and Launch Readiness Review Complete It’s January 13th and the teams from Iridium, SpaceX and our partners are in the homestretch for the first launch of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation. Final preparations ...