Iridium Burst®


The first truly global satellite broadcast service. It simultaneously transmits data to tens, hundreds, or even millions of enabled devices anywhere on Earth.

Key Features

  • Transmits actionable, secure one-way communications in near real-time
  • Data delivered to an unlimited number of devices within a targeted geographic region
  • Truly global reach—including indoors

How does Iridium Burst work?

Broadcasting
  • The sender formats the message, specifying recipients, locations, and any optional details.
  • Iridium Burst validates, schedules, and forwards the transmission to the Iridium gateway.
  • The gateway sends the data to the appropriate satellite(s).
  • The Iridium network “bursts” the data to deployed devices.

Receiving Messages
  • All enabled devices in the target area receive the transmission.
  • Only devices in the recipient group can unscramble the message.
  • The field application retrieves the data from the device.

How is Iridium Burst different?

Low Size, Weight, & Power (SWaP) Technology

Receivers are small, lightweight, and meet many environmental standards.

Data Agnostic

Iridium Burst can transmit data in any desired format.

Ease of Use

The ability to send one transmission to multiple devices simplifies message delivery management—especially to high device-density location.

Secure

Customer-defined closed user groups ensure only authorized devices receive data.

Stealth Capable

Enabled devices can be configured as receive-only.

Use Cases

Emergency broadcasting, maritime communications, aviation alerts, remote asset monitoring, energy & utilities, military & defense.

Earth from space

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