The Journal of Space Commerce

The Journal of Space Commerce

Five Spare Satellites Launched by Iridium

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Tom Patton
May 23, 2023
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A key milestone has been achieved by Iridium in its long-term constellation resilience and redundancy planning with the successful launch and deployment of five spare satellites.

"The completion of our upgraded constellation was a major milestone in the history of Iridium. We committed to our partners and our customers that they could depend on us and ex…

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