Iridium® GMDSS Wins Top Connected Mobile Platform Innovation Award
MCLEAN, Va., September 16, 2021 - Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) is proud to share that it received the Mobile Satellite Users Association’s (MSUA) 2021 Top Connected Mobile Platform Innovation Award for Iridium GMDSS. As the world’s first and only...
IMOCA Extends Relationship Naming Iridium and Thales as Official Communications Partners
MCLEAN, Va., September 14, 2021 - Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) is proud to share that the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA) has extended its relationship naming Iridium and Thales as its official communications partners. IMOCA...
Q&A with Travis Ludlow – The Youngest Person to Fly Around the World Solo
In July of 2021, Travis Ludlow broke the Guinness World Record to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world in a single-engine aircraft at the age of 18 (and 149 days). This was not an easy feat – Travis spent many hours practicing and preparing for this...
Behind the Network With Mission Operations Manager Ahsen Abbasi
Congratulations on all your success throughout your career! How long have you been working at Iridium? I started working on Iridium in September of 1997, and with the exception of about 2-3 years, I have been with Iridium ever since! So, you returned to Iridium after...
Q&A with Jeremiah Bishop: The Impossible Route
Congratulations on your recent successful completion of the ‘impossible route’ through Death Valley! Can you tell us more about what inspired you to create Impossible Routes? Thank you! The Impossible Route concept was a natural extension of my wish to test the limits...
Q&A with Audrey Puderbaugh, Principal Engineer, Space and Ground Services
Can you tell us more about your STEM education and career path? What motivated or inspired you to become an engineer? I have loved everything having to do with space since elementary school. When I was in the 4th grade, I decided I wanted to become an astronaut. I...