23 March 2016
Could an encounter with a passing dark molecular cloud be responsible for killing off the dinosaurs?
...dark nebula encounter can be found in deep sea sediments, as an iridium-rich layer. Accordingly, the team have analysed a core sample of...from extraterrestrial materials. This evidence, along with the iridium anomaly, is in the form of elemental ratios...
02 September 2016
Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6 satellite explode during testing
.... SpaceX was planning up to nine Falcon 9 launches by the end of 2016, all of which will now be delayed. Iridium is immediately affected as it planned to launch the first ten satellites of its constellation in the second half of September on a Falcon...
November 2017
Geospatial maritime solutions
... (ISS) in 2012, it acts much like a smart phone in that it is capable of running multiple reconfigurable applications. We are using it on Iridium NEXT satellites to perform many tasks, including monitoring the maritime domain for AIS signals from the...
November 2017
Advancing maritime intelligence with real-time satellite AIS
...real-time connectivity of more than 60 hosted payloads on the Iridium NEXT constellation with 13 RT satellites already launched. At full ...times under one minute. Close-up image of an Iridium NEXT satellite. High seas piracy The global deterioration ...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... satellites and the International Space Station (ISS), and registering the impressive flashes caused by the older Iridium satellites. Typical smallsats in a mega constellation. The European Space Agency’s Space Debris Office estimates there are...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
...’ society. The Moon and various near-earth asteroids are rich in materials uncommon on Earth, such as helium-3, iridium, gold, platinum, and other precious metals. Extracting, processing, and refining these raw materials off-world...
