The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...
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Virginia, United States. Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 80 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining fourteen...
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(ILS). It was operated in Plane 3 of the Iridium satellite constellation, with an ascending node of 230.9°. Iridium 33 was part of a commercial communications...
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A satellite constellation is a group of artificial satellites working together as a system. Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent...
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engineers who in late 1987 conceived of and later designed the Iridium satellite constellation, the first realization of global, wireless, personal communications...
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7920-10C carrier rocket. It was operated in Plane 4 of the Iridium satellite constellation, with an ascending node of 262.4°. It had a partial technical...
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The Iridium constellation was one of the first anthropogenic sources of near-space light pollution to draw criticism. Larger satellite constellations, like...
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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite constellation)
a constellation of around 700 satellites called WorldVu, which would be over 10 times the size of the then largest Iridium satellite constellation. However...
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Eutelsat OneWeb (redirect from OneWeb satellite constellation)
portal Iridium satellite constellation — 82 operational satellites used to provide global satellite phone services. Orbcom satellite constellation — 29...
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to: Iridium satellite constellation, a satellite group providing voice and data coverage Iridium Communications, the company operating the Iridium satellite...
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of the Iridium and Globalstar satellite phone constellations in the early 2000s. In the 2010s, interest in satellite internet constellations reemerged...
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the satellite. Others form satellite constellations in low Earth orbit, where antennas on the ground have to follow the position of the satellites and...
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as the S-band. Constellations of low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites are used by Iridium (66 satellites) and Globalstar (48 satellites). Inmarsat and...
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was re-established by Iridium Satellite LLC. Iridium NEXT, a second-generation constellation of the communications satellites, was completed on 11 January...
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Celestri (category Communications satellite constellations)
sky" constellations, and as a successor to the company's Iridium satellite constellation, but never built or launched. The Celestri constellation was envisioned...
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with newer satellites using the Ku band to achieve downstream data speeds up to 506 Mbit/s. In addition, new satellite internet constellations are being...
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for each system is generally achieved by a satellite constellation of 18–30 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites spread between several orbital planes. The...
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Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 January 2020. "Iridium boss reflects as final NEXT satellite constellation launches". NASASpaceFlight.com. 11 January 2019...
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Earth-mapping, reconnaissance satellites, as well as for some weather satellites. The Iridium satellite constellation uses a polar orbit to provide telecommunications...
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spacecraft, Iridium 33, was a 560-kilogram (1,200 lb) U.S.-built commercial satellite that was part of the Iridium constellation for satellite phones. It...
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"Motorola Executive Helped spur Cellphone Revolution, Oversaw Ill-fated Iridium Project", The Wall Street Journal, 20–21 June 2009, p. A10. - "John F....
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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story in which he traces the conception, development, and launching of the Iridium satellite constellation and the race to save...
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(previously Soviet) military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit. These satellites operate as mailboxes ("store-and-forward"):...
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signal nor the system of satellites. Instead, it depends on the Iridium satellite constellation. Unlike SPOT, inReach is a two way system capable of receiving...
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Commercial use of space (category Satellite broadcasting)
1997, Iridium Communications began launching a series of satellites known as the Iridium satellite constellation, which provided the first satellites for...
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original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024. "Starlink v2, Iridium, and OneWeb satellites involved in Falcon 9 missions". NASASpaceFlight.com. 19 May...
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the satellite constellation. It was designated Orbcomm FM-29, having acquired most of the communications payload from another satellite that was never...
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Ka band (category Satellite broadcasting)
2020-04-23. Iridium-NEXT Gunter's Space Page. Accessed 28 April 2021 Four New Satellites Ride Into Space To Join Growing SES Constellation Space.com 4...
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Austrian-based oil exporting company Nordex and who was involved in the Iridium satellite constellation, and especially in the Russian Mafia, such as Marat Balagula...
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Stratos Global Corporation (category Satellite telephony)
Stratos offers mobile and fixed satellite, microwave and wireless services, including Inmarsat, Iridium satellite constellation, Globalstar, HughesNet, MSAT...
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