(Iridium Satellite LLC, Bethesda, MD, www.iridium.com) A phone and pager service that provides global coverage using handheld phones and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Data access is available at 2.4 Kbps and Internet access at 10 Kbps. Originally announced in 1990 and completed in 1998 at a cost of $6 billion, Iridium was the first global satellite phone service. It originally used cellular partners to provide standard cellphone service when satellites were not required. Iridium LLC went into Chapter 11 in August 1999, and in late 2000, Iridium Satellite LLC was formed to resurrect the system. See LEO and Globalstar.
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