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Matt Desch

@iridiumboss

Proud CEO of the only 100% global wireless satellite network coming to you from 780km above you. Reliable * Critical * Lifelines

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People get in trouble all over the world, and a lot of it is outside the ~10% of the world that has cell phone coverage. This is an in interesting demonstration from a key partner on how important a connection there can be... garmin.com/en-US/blog/sav…

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Our long time investor Ron Baron asked me to join him on the 6:30am (whew!) segment of Squawk Box in NY and I was happy to oblige - we are an outlier these days given the slumping markets, and have a lot of exciting things on the horizon (some of which I can’t talk about yet…).

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I’m sympathetic to the huge technical and regulatory hills they have yet to climb, but we’ve climbed those mountains already and can address this exciting new market today with our very flexible network. We’re taking very different approaches, and there will be others too.

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I am fascinated by this. It would only take about 10 minutes longer for one of our satellites also to circle the planet…. laughingsquid.com/international-…

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Love that we're helping @Smithsonian engineers protect wildlife around the planet in their Movement of Life animal conservation effort. youtube.com/watch?v=NwZy1l…

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Likewise! Glad to finally show the world what we've been working on together for more than two years. Looking forward to the first Snapdragon Satellite enabled smartphone later this year!

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Engadget's first take on our announcement today: Qualcomm Snapdragon Satellite first look at CES 2023 youtu.be/-nY557N3Noc via YouTube

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6 years ago today, at 9:54:39am Vandenberg, I was sure I was having "The Big One" during the first launch of Iridium NEXT. It was the RTF after the last F9 failure and my team and friends at SpaceX were likely feeling the same way (now ~167 ago!). How time has flown!

6 years ago today, at 9:54:39am Vandenberg, I was sure I was having "The Big One" during the first launch of Iridium NEXT.  It was the RTF after the last F9 failure and my team and friends at <a href="/SpaceX/">SpaceX</a> were likely feeling the same way (now ~167 ago!). How time has flown!
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So excited to finally announce this groundbreaking new product! It's the most capable portable satellite device on the market for anyone needing a truly global, battery powered connection to work or family when off the grid. Check it out! iridium.com/products/iridi…

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Big news from the Mobile World Congress this morning... qualcomm.com/news/releases/…. Everyone can be safe and connected soon.

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One of the most balanced articles on D2D I've read. Nicely done, Mike Dano ... lightreading.com/satellite/spot…. We will be one of the winners - but the market will take time to develop and expectations should be managed.

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26 years ago today - May 5, 1997 - the launch of Iridium’s first satellites. Proud of our journey since then by our team and partners!

26 years ago today - May 5, 1997 - the launch of Iridium’s first satellites.  Proud of our journey since then by our team and partners!
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Just received telemetry from all 5 satellites over Svalbard. All healthy and talking! Thank you SpaceX, Thales Alenia Space and all the team members that got these satellites to space. We got it from here!

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The payback on these days together are so much greater than the investment of our time. It's a reminder for the whole Iridium team of how fortunate we are, and what impact we can make together for those less so...