Iridium Communications
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satellite communications provider
OverviewAI-generated
Iridium Communications is an operating entity in the Communications Services, NEC industry. The company was established in 2001 and is incorporated in New York. It trades on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol IRDM.
The organization utilizes the mobile network code 03 and the telephone country code 8817. Its fiscal year ends on December 31. Recent regulatory filings include form 4, with the latest submission dated June 2, 2026. The company is identified by the CIK number 0001418819 and the SIC code 4899.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company type
- Public
- Traded as
- Nasdaq : IRDM S&P 600 component
- Industry
- Satellite telecommunications
- Founded
- 2001 ; 25 years ago ( 2001 )
- Headquarters
- McLean, Virginia , U.S.
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Key people
- Matthew J. Desch ( CEO ) Thomas J. Fitzpatrick ( CFO ) Suzi McBride ( COO )
- Products
- Satellite communications equipment
- Services
- Satellite voice and data services
- Revenue
- US$ 830.7 million (2024)
- Operating income
- US$200.3 million (2024)
- Net income
- US$112.8 million (2024)
- Total assets
- US$2.671 billion (2024)
- Total equity
- US$576.6 million (2024)
- Number of employees
- 873+ (2024)
- Website
- iridium .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
IRDM- Industry
- Communications Services, NEC
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- State of incorporation
- NY
- Entity type
- operating
via SEC EDGAR
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mobile network operator
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- McLean
- Industry
- telecommunications
- Stock exchange
- Nasdaq
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation
- Official website
- www.iridium.com
- Calling code
- +7954
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- inception
- 2001-00-00
- item operated
- Iridium satellite constellation
- product or material produced
- Iridium satellite constellation
- Commons category
- Iridium Communications
- mobile network code
- 03
- social media followers
- 5010
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Encyclopedic overview
Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 80 satellites: 66 are active satellites and the remaining fourteen function as in-orbit spares. Iridium Satellites are used for worldwide voice and data communication from handheld satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices and integrated transceivers, as well as for two-way satellite messaging service from supported conventional mobile phones. The nearly polar orbit and communication between satellites via inter-satellite links provide global service availability.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iridium Communications” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.