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Iridium Satellite LLC (www.iridium.com) is the only provider of truly global satellite voice and data solutions with complete coverage of the earth (including oceans, airways and Polar Regions). Iridium delivers essential communications services to and from remote areas where no other form of communication is available. Iridium makes this possible through its constellation of 66 low-earth orbiting (LEO), cross-linked satellites and 12 in-orbit spares. The Iridium service is ideally suited for industries such as maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment, transportation and utilities. Iridium provides service to the U.S. Department of Defense. The company designs, builds and sells its services, products and solutions through a worldwide network of more than 100 service providers, value-added resellers, value-added manufacturers, and value-added developers.
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Iridium Satellite LLC (http://www.iridium.com/) is the only provider of truly global satellite voice and data solutions with complete coverage of the earth (including oceans, airways and Polar Regions). Iridium delivers essential communications services to and from remote areas where no other form of communication is available. The Iridium constellation of 66 low-earth orbiting (LEO), cross-linked satellites operates as a fully meshed network and is the largest commercial satellite constellation in the world. The Iridium service is ideally suited for industries such as transportation, maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment and utilities. Iridium provides services to the U.S. Department of Defense. The company ... designs, builds and sells its services, products and solutions through a worldwide network of more than 100 partners.
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BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Satellite LLC announces that it now has approximately 169,000 subscribers worldwide as of September 30, 2006 versus approximately 137,500 subscribers at the same time last year. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, Iridium posted total revenue of $159.3 million. Iridium's total revenue in the third quarter was $54.7 million. Third quarter 2006 EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) was $14.0 million. EBITDA through nine months was $39.9 million. Iridium results show considerable momentum, particularly from increased demand for voice and data services from commercial customers.
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With only a normal brightness of +6 magnitude (binoculars are useful to spot it), occasionally some of the Iridium satellites provide reflective flares/glints of magnitude (-)8. For comparison, Venus can be as bright as magnitude (-)4.9... reflections can be up to 30 times brighter than Venus. The flares/glints can last anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds before the satellite once again becomes almost invisible to the naked eye. Some flares have been observed during the daylight hours which is very unusual for reflective glares from satellites. Knowing where to look to observe these flares during the daylight hours is essential.
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"Iridium is well-suited to meet the unique needs of warfighters because of their constant movements around the globe," said Lt. Gen. John Campbell, USAF (Retired), Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, Iridium. "Iridium is the only mobile satellite service provider offering ubiquitous pole-to-pole coverage with no service gaps anywhere on the planet. In addition, Iridium offers not only secure, global voice communication, but ... asset tracking, remote monitoring and telemetry reporting of equipment and troops."
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BETHESDA, Md., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Satellite LLC today announced plans to deploy a group call push-to-talk voice and data service. This service will allow for deployment of multi-user communication "nets" from Iridium mobile satphones from anywhere worldwide. It is designed for public and private sector first responders and ideal for crisis applications where rapid deployment, reliability and security are key. Users will require constant and global service from an extremely portable device.
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