A Smart Suite of Applications for Every Adventure Traveler Developer Spotlight Series: OCENS’ Grib Explorer Plus, FLYCAST, QWIP & AWARe for Iridium GO!® Enable Safe & Smart Traveling Effective and smart communications is a key factor in ...
Part 3: Pushing the Limits of Aviation – Iridium® Simplifies the “Search” in “Search and Rescue” It’s impossible to anticipate emergency situations before embarking on an adventure, but it’s critical to always be prepared to handle one. In the instance of Sergey Ananov, a ...
Part 2: Pushing the Limits of Aviation – Locating a Moving Refueling Station in the Arctic Ocean While it may seem like a given, if you’re flying a helicopter and it runs out of fuel, the engine immediately shuts off. This poses a serious problem ...
Part 1: Pushing the Limits of Aviation – A North Pole Helicopter Expedition Relies on Iridium® A helicopter expedition to the three North Poles (geographic, magnetic, and the northern pole of inaccessibility) – an incredible adventure or near-impossible feat? Depends who you ask. For ...
Two rowers raise money to fight breast cancer using Iridium as a lifeline Pete Fletcher & Tom Hudson departed from New York in their row boat, the Macpac Challenger, on Thursday, May 21 to begin what would become an unforgettable 98-day, ...
Iridium Helps Monitor and Protect Rare Species Around the Globe In recent years we have seen a massive increase in the illegal wildlife trade. In the past 40 years 95% of the world’s rhinos were killed. More than ...
On a World–Record Balloon Journey Across the Pacific with Iridium Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev set off from Japan in their helium-filled balloon on January 25, 2015 and landed off the Mexican coast six days later. They broke ...
The Iridium Maritime Team is Making Waves Wondering how to satisfy your voice and data communications needs, while also taking advantage of the best value in the maritime market? Iridium is currently offering double the ...
Enabling Vital Trade Routes with Critical Communications in Nepal Guillermo (Willie) Benegas and his twin brother Damian lead Benegas Brothers Expeditions, and were guiding an excursion on Everest when the first earthquake struck Nepal. As the expedition ...