Iridium Next Satellite Orbit

The iridium satellite constellation provides l band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire earth surface.

Iridium next satellite orbit.

Iridium communications owns and operates the constellation additionally selling equipment and access to its services it was conceived by bary bertiger raymond j. Ten iridium communications satellites rode a falcon 9 rocket into orbit friday from california in the eighth and final launch for iridium s upgraded network over the last two years and the. Iridium next will replace the current constellation while retaining the 66 satellite leo low earth orbit architecture with six in orbit spares and nine ground spares. The network is a very unique resilient leo low earth orbiting satellite constellation of 66 satellites plus in orbit spares.

Leopold and ken peterson in late 1987 in 1988 protected. The iridium next satellites have a projected mission life of at least 15 years ensuring services will be extended to 2030 and beyond with risk mitigation through placing six spares in orbit in addition to the 66 active constellation satellites and maintaining nine spares on the ground to be launched when new spares are required. Now that its first batch of next generation satellites is in orbit and operational mobile satellite services provider iridium is preparing deorbit procedures for its legacy fleet of low earth.