Harris Corp. To Market Iridium Next Hosted Payload Capacity

摘要

Harris Corp. of Melbourne, Fla., has assumed responsibility for marketing residual hosted payload capacity aboard Iridium Communications' next-generation satellite constellation slated to begin launching in 2015, Iridium announced April 24. Additional payloads hosted aboard the 66 low Earth orbiting Iridium Next satellites will need to plug into the Harris-supplied electronics boxes already slated to fly aboard each spacecraft for the Aireon air traffic management venture.