#Iridium uses full

This includes the ability to enhance effectiveness of military units, weapons and equipment during combat against near-peer adversaries.”

#Iridium uses full

“This program can help add to warfighter readiness to conduct a full range of military operations at a tactical level. warfighter,” said Scott Scheimreif, Executive Vice President of Government Programs at Iridium. “Iridium has always been focused on providing innovative, reliable and high-value services to the U.S. The development is also supported by Colorado-based Aerospace company, SEAKR Engineering, and Virginia-based Satellite company, Satelles Inc as subcontractors. It is especially useful for businesses, government agencies and the military to broadcast data. Announced in 2014, Iridium Burst makes it possible to transmit data to millions of devices at a time using the high power channels of Iridium’s existing satellite network.Ĭoverage map of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation – via Iridium

The experimental payload will be based on Iridium’s one-to-many global broadcast service, named Iridium Burst. “It also represents another phase in the evolution of our growing relationship with the DoD (Department of Defense), and we’re excited to engage in this experimental multi-constellation adaptation of our service.” “This is one of the largest engineering contracts in Iridium’s history, and we’re pleased to once again bring the value of Iridium and our partner ecosystem to the fore at the request of the United States Army,” said Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium. Although the partner is not yet announced, it could include mega-constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s upcoming Project Kuiper, or satellites of the OneWeb and ViaSat constellations. The payload will be hosted by another Low Earth Orbit commercial satellite constellation and used alongside Iridium’s existing network. Iridium has secured a $30 million research and development contract with the United States Army to develop a payload which will support the concept of a rapidly deployable small satellite constellation, with the goal of providing more effective data transmission to the soldiers in the field.