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  2. Iridium satellite constellation - Wikipedia

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    The Iridium system was designed to be accessed by small handheld phones, the size of a cell phone. While "the weight of a typical cell phone in the early 1990s was 10.5 ounces" [6] (300 grams) Advertising Age wrote in mid 1999 that "when its phone debuted, weighing 1 pound (453 grams) and costing $3,000, it was viewed as both unwieldly and expensive."

  3. Iridium Communications - Wikipedia

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    Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States.Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 80 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining fourteen function as in-orbit spares. [2]

  4. Communications satellite - Wikipedia

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    The Iridium system has 66 satellites, which orbital inclination of 86.4° and inter-satellite links provide service availability over the entire surface of Earth. Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX , that aims for global satellite Internet access coverage.

  5. Iridium (IRDM) Boosts Satellite Broadband Services With ... - AOL

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    Leveraging upgraded satellite constellation, the new broadband service offering is likely to fortify Iridium's (IRDM) market presence with improved maritime and land-mobile applications.

  6. Iridium 33 - Wikipedia

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    Iridium 33 was a communications satellite launched by Russia for Iridium Communications. It was launched into low Earth orbit from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 01:36 UTC on 14 September 1997, by a Proton-K rocket with a Block DM2 upper stage. [2] [3] The launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS).

  7. Iridium Faces the Fight of Its Life in the New Era of ...

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    Iridium Communications Inc. (IRDM) has managed to build something akin to this sort of temporary monopoly , thanks to its unique position in the private Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet ...

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