The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...
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Virginia, United States. Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 80 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining fourteen...
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The Iridium constellation was one of the first anthropogenic sources of near-space light pollution to draw criticism. Larger satellite constellations, like...
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A satellite constellation is a group of artificial satellites working together as a system. Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent...
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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite constellation)
a constellation of around 700 satellites called WorldVu, which would be over 10 times the size of the then largest Iridium satellite constellation. However...
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to: Iridium satellite constellation, a satellite group providing voice and data coverage Iridium Communications, the company operating the Iridium satellite...
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engineers who in late 1987 conceived of and later designed the Iridium satellite constellation, the first realization of global, wireless, personal communications...
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(ILS). It was operated in Plane 3 of the Iridium satellite constellation, with an ascending node of 230.9°. Iridium 33 was part of a commercial communications...
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was re-established by Iridium Satellite LLC. Iridium NEXT, a second-generation constellation of the communications satellites, was completed on January...
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Eutelsat OneWeb (redirect from OneWeb satellite constellation)
portal Iridium satellite constellation — 82 operational satellites used to provide global satellite phone services. Orbcom satellite constellation — 29...
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of the Iridium and Globalstar satellite phone constellations in the early 2000s. In the 2010s, interest in satellite internet constellations reemerged...
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spacecraft, Iridium 33, was a 560-kilogram (1,200 lb) U.S.-built commercial satellite that was part of the Iridium constellation for satellite phones. It...
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as the S-band. Constellations of low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites are used by Iridium (66 satellites) and Globalstar (48 satellites). Inmarsat and...
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Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 January 2020. "Iridium boss reflects as final NEXT satellite constellation launches". NASASpaceFlight.com. 11 January 2019...
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University and Six Sigma Institute; and launched the global Iridium satellite constellation. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Catholic Irish...
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with newer satellites using the Ku band to achieve downstream data speeds up to 506 Mbit/s. In addition, new satellite internet constellations are being...
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Earth-mapping, reconnaissance satellites, as well as for some weather satellites. The Iridium satellite constellation uses a polar orbit to provide telecommunications...
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signal nor the system of satellites. Instead, it depends on the Iridium satellite constellation. Unlike SPOT, inReach is a two way system capable of receiving...
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the satellite. Others form satellite constellations in low Earth orbit, where antennas on the ground have to follow the position of the satellites and...
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Celestri (category Communications satellite constellations)
sky" constellations, and as a successor to the company's Iridium satellite constellation, but never built or launched. The Celestri constellation was envisioned...
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Austrian-based oil exporting company Nordex and who was involved in the Iridium satellite constellation, and especially in the Russian Mafia, such as Marat Balagula...
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7920-10C carrier rocket. It was operated in Plane 4 of the Iridium satellite constellation, with an ascending node of 262.4°. It had a partial technical...
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world (including when beyond cell phone range) by using the Iridium satellite constellation. By pairing with a smartphone, navigation is possible with...
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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story in which he traces the conception, development, and launching of the Iridium satellite constellation and the race to save...
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traditional communications satellites. The Iridium satellite constellation, consists of 66 active satellites in a polar orbit and operates as a mesh network...
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plutonium-238; the Iridium satellite constellation of 66 telecommunication satellites and the proposed Teledesic scheme; a damaged satellite could cause the...
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for each system is generally achieved by a satellite constellation of 18–30 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites spread between several orbital planes. The...
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architecture for (never launched) Internet constellation, follow-on to the Iridium satellite constellation. Connexion by Boeing Networking architecture...
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S-Net (category Satellites of Germany)
of the TU Berlin, sending a total of 16 satellites to space. 2018 in spaceflight Iridium satellite constellation "S-Net 1, 2, 3, 4 (Tubsat 13, 14, 15, 16)"...
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Pole Station is provided by access via NASA's TDRS-F1, GOES & Iridium satellite constellation. Marisat F-2 provided data communications until it was retired...
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