Iridium Helps Monitor and Protect Rare Species Around the Globe In recent years we have seen a massive increase in the illegal wildlife trade. In the past 40 years 95% of the world’s rhinos were killed. More than ...
On a World–Record Balloon Journey Across the Pacific with Iridium Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev set off from Japan in their helium-filled balloon on January 25, 2015 and landed off the Mexican coast six days later. They broke ...
Helping to Monitor Penguins Remotely in Antarctica Antarctica is one of the most fascinating and remote places on the planet: its humidity is perpetually near zero, effectively making it a desert; it’s continually dark from ...
Earth Day 2015: Iridium Connects Environmental Initiatives Everywhere Around the Globe This year marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day. A lot has changed in our world since the 1970’s – one of the biggest shifts being that we are now able to track environmental issues on a global scale.
Where the Wild Cats Are: Tracking Cougars with Iridium® Technology Around the globe, customers use the Iridium network to track fleets and other valuable assets – including rare animals. Panthera, a leader in wildcat conservation, is using Joubeh ...