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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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    [49] [50] On January 14, 2017, SpaceX launched 10 of the new Iridium satellites into orbit. [51] The second launch of Iridium NEXT satellites took place on June 25, 2017 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Space Force Base. This was the second of eight scheduled launches. [52] The third launch of 10 NEXT satellites took place on ...

  4. List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2023 - Wikipedia

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    Iridium NEXT × 5 [164] Iridium: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational OneWeb × 15 OneWeb: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational JoeySat [165] OneWeb / ESA: Low Earth: Technology demonstration: In orbit: Operational Iridium-9 rideshare mission, carrying up to five Iridium NEXT satellites, 15 OneWeb Gen1 satellites, and a ...

  5. SpaceX cut its latest Falcon 9 stream because it didn't get a ...

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    SpaceX had to cut off the Iridium Next mission's live feed early, and it might be because its Tesla launch got a bit too much attention. The private space giant raised questions (and may have ...

  6. Watch Amazon's Project Kuiper launch first satellites into ...

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  7. GRACE and GRACE-FO - Wikipedia

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    The two GRACE satellites, GRACE-1 and GRACE-2, were launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, on a Rockot (SS-19 + Briz upper stage) launch vehicle on 17 March 2002. The spacecraft were launched to an initial altitude of approximately 500 km at a near-polar inclination of 89°.

  8. 2026 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    Iridium NEXT 182 [174] Iridium: Low Earth: Communications A spare Iridium NEXT satellite to be launched on-demand. [171] Relativity was previously contracted to launch up to six spare satellites for Iridium. [172] 2026 (TBD) [168] [175] Terran R: Cape Canaveral LC-16: Relativity Space: OneWeb × ? OneWeb: Low Earth: Communications

  9. Aireon - Wikipedia

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    Aireon was launched in 2011 as a joint venture between satellite communications company Iridium Communications Inc, Nav Canada, NATS, [5] ENAV, [6] Naviair [7] and the Irish Aviation Authority to work on a surveillance system to track aircraft around the globe, beyond the range of ground-based radar and ADS-B receivers, in real time.