Iridium Communications
LEO comms with 66 cross-linked satellites. Original D2D provider. 2.0M IoT subscribers. Cash-cow model. Expanding NTN Direct standards-based IoT.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
FLEET & LAUNCH PARTNERS
Satellite operator — does not operate launch vehicles. Primary launch partner: SpaceX (Falcon 9 for Iridium NEXT).
CONSTELLATION ACTIVITY
Constellations operated by this company — live satellite counts from the CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog.
| Constellation | Active | Total | Decayed | Health | Most recent deployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iridium NEXT | 108 | 188 | 81 | 57.4% | May 20, 2023 |
SECTOR POSITION
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Corporate homepage (February 2026 press releases) documents Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), Iridium NEXT constellation, and Iridium Certus service — establishing operator status in the s
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
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