The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...
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Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. Iridium...
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penultimate Iridium Next mission". 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018. Stephen Clark [@StephenClark1] (14 May 2018). "Iridium's Desch: Launch next week will...
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fifth Iridium NEXT mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018. "Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with fifth set of Iridium Next satellites"...
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January 2017, Aireon launched and deployed its first ADS-B payloads on Iridium Next satellites. Seven launches followed the first launch. The eighth and...
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Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) EchoStar 23 Euclid GPS IIIA launches Iridium NEXT constellation Launches for the US National Reconnaissance Office, NROL...
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others; in low Earth orbit (LEO) by the SpaceX Starlink system and the Iridium Next satellite series; it is also used in medium Earth orbit (MEO) by the...
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Iridium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Ir and atomic number 77. This very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group...
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the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024. "Iridium Announces Ninth SpaceX Launch". Iridium Communications (Press release). 8 September 2022. Archived...
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the first West Coast booster landing at Vandenberg AFB with the fourth Iridium NEXT satellite launch in December 2017, but ultimately opted for an expendable...
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their data. Iridium NEXT Under a contract with Thales Alenia Space, Orbital is conducting integration and test services for Iridium NEXT, the next-generation...
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28 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2017. SpaceX (14 January 2017), Iridium-1 Hosted Webcast (at 37:30), archived from the original on 8 July 2020...
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assemble and test 81 satellites for the Iridium NEXT global communications system. In a 2011 press release, Iridium CEO Matt Desch said, "With this contract...
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original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022. Krebs, Gunter. "Iridium-NEXT". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 30 December 2016. Kosmotras has received...
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fixed-price contract to manufacture a total of 81 satellites for Iridium Communications' NEXT satellite telephony network. It is also engaged in producing...
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bankruptcy in August 1999. In 2001, service was re-established by Iridium Satellite LLC. Iridium NEXT, a second-generation constellation of the communications...
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nasa.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2021. Graham, William (30 March 2018). "Iridium NEXT-5 satellites ride to orbit on SpaceX Falcon 9". NASASpaceFlight.com....
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Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers installed as an additional payload on 66 Iridium NEXT second-generation satellites launched between 2017 and 2019. Nav Canada...
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satellites). These projects were abandoned after the bankruptcy of the Iridium and Globalstar satellite phone constellations in the early 2000s. In the...
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left to sink after a soft touchdown in the ocean (booster B1036 for the Iridium NEXT 31–40 mission in December 2017). As of 6 August 2018[update], SpaceX...
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Clark, Stephen (24 June 2020). "Relativity books up to six launches for Iridium, reveals plans for Vandenberg pad". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the...
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Retrieved 15 April 2017. "SpaceX Doubleheader Part 2 - Falcon 9 conducts Iridium NEXT-2 launch". 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020...
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SpaceNews. Retrieved 24 June 2020. Krebs, Gunter (8 September 2022). "Iridium-NEXT". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 September 2022. "Relativity and OneWeb...
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partnership with L3Harris Corporation with 58 hosted payloads on the Iridium NEXT constellation. Additionally exactEarth is involved in the development...
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glide towards a gentle touchdown on water. On the 25 June 2017 flight (Iridium NEXT 11–20), aluminum grid fins were replaced by titanium versions, to improve...
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2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017. Gebhardt, Chris (19 October 2017). "Iridium-4 switches to flight-proven Falcon 9, RTLS at Vandenberg delayed". NASASpaceFlight...
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with Iridium. This contract included up to six dedicated launches to deploy ground spare satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) for Iridium NEXT's constellation...
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"SpaceX will transition all launches to Falcon 9 Block 5 rockets after next mission". TESLARATI.com. Retrieved February 26, 2019. Shanklin, Emily (June...
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it an ideal fuel for oxygen low area's such as space. Recent launched Iridium NEXT satellites have hydrazine as their source of energy. However toxic, this...
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also called Certus Broadband for the low Earth orbit (LEO) Iridium NEXT by operator Iridium ARINC 781 is the standard for a third-generation L-band satellite...
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