Iridium Communications

satellite communications provider
Organization business Q154387
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 13 annual filings
Revenue
$871.66M
▲ 4.9% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$114.37M
▲ 1.4% YoY FY2025
Assets
$2.53B
▼ 5.3% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$1.06
▲ 12.8% YoY FY2025
$0.00$239.71M$479.41M$719.12M$958.82M FY2009: $75.99M · NI -$42.24M (-55.6% margin)FY2010: $348.17M · NI $19.94M (5.7% margin)FY2011: $384.31M · NI $41.03M (10.7% margin)FY2016: $433.64M · NI $111.03M (25.6% margin)FY2017: $448.05M · NI $233.86M (52.2% margin)FY2018: $523.01M · NI -$13.38M (-2.6% margin)FY2019: $560.44M · NI -$162.00M (-28.9% margin)FY2020: $583.44M · NI -$56.05M (-9.6% margin)FY2021: $614.50M · NI -$9.32M (-1.5% margin)FY2022: $721.03M · NI $8.72M (1.2% margin)FY2023: $790.72M · NI $15.41M (1.9% margin)FY2024: $830.68M · NI $112.78M (13.6% margin)FY2025: $871.66M · NI $114.37M (13.1% margin) '09'11'17'19'21'23'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0001418819-26-000009

Iridium Communications

Summary

Iridium Communications is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (750 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Iridium Communications was a member of Satellite Industry Association[3].
  • Iridium Communications is in the country of United States[4].
  • Iridium Communications is in the country of US[5].
  • Iridium Communications's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Iridium Communications's instance of is recorded as mobile network operator[7].
  • Iridium Communications's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • Iridium Communications's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • Iridium Communications's item operated is recorded as Iridium satellite constellation[10].
  • Iridium Communications's headquarters location is recorded as McLean[11].
  • Iridium Communications's child organization or unit is recorded as Iridium Russia[12].
  • Iridium Communications's Commons category is recorded as Iridium Communications[13].
  • Iridium Communications's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14].
  • Iridium Communications's industry is recorded as telecommunications[15].
  • Iridium Communications's telephone country code is recorded as +8816[16].
  • Iridium Communications's telephone country code is recorded as +8817[17].
  • Iridium Communications's telephone country code is recorded as +7954[18].
  • 2001 marks the founding of Iridium Communications[19].
  • 2007-11-02 marks the founding of Iridium Communications[20].
  • Iridium Communications's official website is recorded as https://www.iridium.com/[21].
  • Iridium Communications's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iridium Communications[22].
  • Iridium Communications's product or material produced is recorded as Iridium satellite constellation[23].
  • Iridium Communications's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[24].
  • Iridium Communications's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[25].
  • Iridium Communications's mobile network code is recorded as 03[26].
  • Iridium Communications's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5010'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300U620NVQ4J1CT96[28]

  • Registered legal name: Iridium Communications INC.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 2007-11-02[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2018-01-30[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-12-02[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-12-15[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 4450908[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 2001[19] and 2007-11-02[20].

Operations

Iridium Communications's headquarters location is recorded as McLean[11]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Iridium Russia[12].

Industry

Iridium Communications's industry is recorded as telecommunications[15].

Ownership

Iridium Communications's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14]. Its product or material produced is recorded as Iridium satellite constellation[23].

Why It Matters

Iridium Communications ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (750 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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