IRIDIUM

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Satellite Communications — Iridium

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iridium is an MSS system that provides global mobile telephony services using a constellation of 66 LEO satellites. The Iridium system uses on board switching and inter-satellite links to communicate between satellites rather than the traditional bent-pipe approach adopted by most satellites, including the more-recent MSS system, Globalstar. Iridium therefore requires complex and expensive satellites.
     Iridium peripherals include the Motorola 9505 portable phone, the Motorola 9570 portable dock, the Motorola 9500 portable phone, and the Motorola 9501 portable pager. Other products include: Motorola 9522 L-Band Transceiver, Aerodata’s AeroPhone®, AirCell AST 3500, and AIRSAT 1 single channel satellite communications system.


Other topics in our resources on Satellite Communications related to Iridium include: 
 
  • Iridium phone
  • Motorola satellite phone
  • Iridium sat phone
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  • Iridium telephone
  • Iridium satellite telephone
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  • Iridium satellite
  • Iridium pager
  • Iridium satellite phone

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