On September 17, Iridium Communications Inc. (Iridium) and OneWeb announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a combined low Earth orbit service offering, which may include certain products, including ground equipment that is compatible with both operators’ constellations, as well as collaborative commercial or operational solutions. The new offering is expected to bring together Iridium’s L-band service and OneWeb’s Ku-band service for a variety of applications, including heads of state communications, critical tactical services, disaster response and maritime, among others.
Read more related news in Space Business Review September 2019.
