Open AccessThe Iridium Satellite Network
Author(s) -
Simon Moorhead
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and the digital economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2203-1693
DOI - 10.18080/jtde.v10n1.557
Subject(s) - satellite , iridium , low earth orbit , remote sensing , telecommunications , computer science , astrobiology , aerospace engineering , engineering , geography , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , catalysis
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.