Iridium makes the final $3 billion connection

A near decade-long campaign to completely upgrade Iridium’s low-Earth orbiting satellite constellation has finally been completed. Steve Nichols highlights the changes it will bring. Iridium, which styles itself as ‘the world’s only truly global mobile satellite communications company’ has completed...

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