The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...

Virginia, United States. Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 80 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining fourteen...

(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...

A satellite constellation is a group of artificial satellites working together as a system. Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent...

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...

engineers who in late 1987 conceived of and later designed the Iridium satellite constellation, the first realization of global, wireless, personal communications...

The Iridium constellation was one of the first anthropogenic sources of near-space light pollution to draw criticism. Larger satellite constellations, like...

a constellation of around 700 satellites called WorldVu, which would be over 10 times the size of the then largest Iridium satellite constellation. However...

portal Iridium satellite constellation — 82 operational satellites used to provide global satellite phone services. Orbcom satellite constellation — 29...

to: Iridium satellite constellation, a satellite group providing voice and data coverage Iridium Communications, the company operating the Iridium satellite...

of the Iridium and Globalstar satellite phone constellations in the early 2000s. In the 2010s, interest in satellite internet constellations reemerged...

the satellite. Others form satellite constellations in low Earth orbit, where antennas on the ground have to follow the position of the satellites and...

as the S-band. Constellations of low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites are used by Iridium (66 satellites) and Globalstar (48 satellites). Inmarsat and...

was re-established by Iridium Satellite LLC. Iridium NEXT, a second-generation constellation of the communications satellites, was completed on 11 January...

sky" constellations, and as a successor to the company's Iridium satellite constellation, but never built or launched. The Celestri constellation was envisioned...

for each system is generally achieved by a satellite constellation of 18–30 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites spread between several orbital planes. The...

Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 January 2020. "Iridium boss reflects as final NEXT satellite constellation launches". NASASpaceFlight.com. 11 January 2019...

Earth-mapping, reconnaissance satellites, as well as for some weather satellites. The Iridium satellite constellation uses a polar orbit to provide telecommunications...

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...

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...

Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story in which he traces the conception, development, and launching of the Iridium satellite constellation and the race to save...

(previously Soviet) military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit. These satellites operate as mailboxes ("store-and-forward"):...

1997, Iridium Communications began launching a series of satellites known as the Iridium satellite constellation, which provided the first satellites for...

"Motorola Executive Helped spur Cellphone Revolution, Oversaw Ill-fated Iridium Project", The Wall Street Journal, 20–21 June 2009, p. A10. - "John F....

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...

original on 21 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2024. "Starlink v2, Iridium, and OneWeb satellites involved in Falcon 9 missions". NASASpaceFlight.com. 19 May...

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...

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...

the satellite constellation. It was designated Orbcomm FM-29, having acquired most of the communications payload from another satellite that was never...

The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites operated by the Canadian Space Agency. The RCM's...