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Tools, sites and references for satellite connectivity
A curated collection of tools, websites, reports and videos to help you navigate the LEO satellite ecosystem.
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How Iridium and Globalstar changed the world: the first constellations (Scott Manley)
Scott Manley's 18-minute history (December 2023, 165,000 views) of the first LEO constellations: how Iridium and Globalstar were designed and launched in the 1990s, why both went bankrupt, and how they survived to serve today's maritime, aviation and IoT markets. The best single background piece on why constellations are hard.
Iridium Certus: L-band broadband for maritime, aviation and IoT (video)
A 2.5-minute product video (November 2019) from reseller Apollo Satellite presenting Iridium Certus, the multi-service L-band platform on the upgraded Iridium constellation for maritime, IoT, aviation, land mobile and government users. We explain what Certus is for in a Starlink world: the truly global, weather-proof, safety-grade fallback.