The Iridium Satellite Network
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Keywords
History, Telecommunications, Iridium, Satellite, Starlink
Abstract
An historic paper from 1991, republished here online, describes the features of the Iridium low earth orbit satellite system, which provided continuous line-of-sight coverage to any point on the earth’s surface via L-Band mobile handsets.
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McIntosh, G. R. (1991). Iridium — A Global Satellite Cellular Network, Telecommunication Journal of Australia, 41(2), 63–66.
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McIntosh, G. R. (1991). Iridium — A Global Satellite Cellular Network, Telecommunication Journal of Australia, 41(2), 63–66.
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Mar 30, 2022
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Moorhead, S. (2022). The Iridium Satellite Network. Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 10(1), 107–112. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v10n1.557
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History of Telecommunications
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Author Biography
Simon Moorhead, Ericsson Australia and New Zealand
Simon is Commercial Manager at Ericsson Australia & New Zealand. He has over 35 years experience in the telecommunications industry in a number of technology and commercial roles. Simon is interested in telecommunications history and is currently assisting the Editors of this Journal with researching historical papers from the Telecommunications Journal of Australia.
