A Risk that Paid Off – Looking Back a Year Later at the Success of Iridium® NEXT
(Image: The first Iridium NEXT launch on January 14, 2017. Credit: Iridium) One year ago today, Iridium declared victory and completed its $3 billion satellite constellation upgrade. It was a major achievement for Iridium, but the journey wasn’t easy. Almost a decade...
Q&A with Hearts in the Ice Founders Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Falun Strom
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Falun Strom are explorers, adventurers, polar ambassadors and citizen scientists with over 20 years’ experience each in the polar regions. In 2017 they started Hearts in the Ice, a platform for social engagement around climate change. Iridium...
Q&A with Iridium Principal Engineer Julian Horvath – Winner of the 2019 the SSPI Promise Award
Posted by: Kelli Sullivan, Iridium, Public Relations Manager Every year, the Society of Satellite Professionals Internationals (SSPI) Promise Award honors the three top-ranked members of the annual “20 Under 35” list of space & satellite employees or entrepreneurs...
A Final #Flarewell
Who Wants to Geek Out with us and Learn How to Deorbit a Satellite!? As many of you know, the bittersweet time has come for Iridium to deorbit the lone remaining satellite (SV097) from the original constellation. We say bittersweet because although we celebrate the...
Iridium Connects Last Chance to Paint
Iridium Connects Last Chance to Paint Combining the power of art and technology to connect classrooms with threatened ecosystems About the author: John Dyer is the founder of Last Chance to Paint and an artist in residence for the world's largest captive rainforest...
A Day in the Life of an Iridium 2019 Intern
To many, internships mean getting coffee and placing lunch orders, but at Iridium, interns are involved in important projects and tasks from day one! From collaborating on team projects to managing individual assignments, the 2019 Iridium Summer Interns have explored...