Iridium
- a telecommunications system proposed
by Motorola
Corporation
- has 66 satellites in LEO( low earth
orbiting ) orbits
- originally intended to be a
constellation of 77 satellites thus the name Iridium from the element
Iridium of atomic number 77
- operates at L band 1.610 - 1.6266 GHz
for telephony
- operates at Ka band for control
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