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2011 – Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) Space Activities

Iridium’s LEO constellation of 66 active and 6 spare satellites relay signals to each other directly, unlike other systems that require multiple hops between space and the ground to send signals around the world.1 In June 2010, the company named France’s Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor to co...


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