Starlink Mini : a stone into the sea
Since the launch of Starlink in 2020, the hardware and service offerings were particularly versatile (¹). If the first recreational boaters were able to benefit from a navigation service far superior to the official conditions of use, il semblait évident Read more …
Starlink goes from strength to strength but still offers versatile services
Since the first launch in 2018 more than 6.600 Starlink satellites have been launched to date, of which almost 6.100 are operational (¹). Satellites have evolved technically, just as the infrastructure was gradually improved. They are launched by Read more …
Iridium Communications acquires Satelles
We are expanding our reach as an alternative PNT service globally." This is how Iridium presents the acquisition of its partner Satelles. The 4 March 2024, Iridium Communications, strategic partner of the company Satelles of which he already owns 20% Read more …
Iridium GO! exec® adopts the Certus®100 service [Update]
The latest Iridium GO device! Exec® (What a funny name !) is available since March. It represents the first standalone device produced by Iridium adopting the Certus®100 service(¹) up to 88 Kbps download, 22 Kbps upload. That big brother Read more …
Iridium Certus 100, a step towards yachting ? [Update]
Since the operational commissioning of the Iridium NEXT constellation (¹), the company Iridium has started to offer its new range of services called "Certus®". These services are based on the considerably increased technological capabilities of the new satellites., this Read more …
Satellite Internet : Riffifi in the firmament
In space, in an area called LEO (Low Earth Orbit) located at a distance of approximately 200 up to 1.000 km above our heads, several hundred, or even thousands, satellites are already flying. They are mainly dedicated to communications and observations Read more …
Iridium emails accessible via webmail
On this opening day of the Paris Nautic show, and as Christmas approaches, I can't resist the urge to provide a small gift to users of the Iridium Mail satellite messaging app & Web app. A trick that Read more …
Iridium services : Inflation in Low Earth Orbit
Inflation does not spare satellite telephony services, to believe that the price of radio waves increases with the cost of transport ! Does this mean that the cost of the round trip of a radio wave toward Iridium satellites (about Read more …
Share GRIB files with Air Share [Update]
You are more likely to have adopted the Iridium GO! for its easy way to request GRIB files, directly from Weather4D and some other applications. But some also want to transfer these files to PC for Read more …
Urgent ! Iridium GO!® firmware update and app GO!®
A new firmware version 2.1.22 is now available for Iridium GO!®. This release includes an update to correct an incorrect time and date issue for the Iridium GO device.!® et l’application GO!®. This problem does not affect Read more …
Iridium GO! app changes look [brief]
The Iridium GO application!®, used on our smartphones (iOS/Android) to connect to the Iridium network using the same name device, just undergone an happy facelift. Nothing really fundamental, if only the user interface, but assistance stylish graphics Read more …
Iridium GO! A positive feedback [Update]
Since it was introduced to the market in September 2014 (Eh, yes, 5 years ago !) this device, with its indisputable ergonomics and excellent quality/price ratio, has become a must-have for offshore sailors. Easy to Read more …
The new Iridium NEXT constellation is completed
With a few months late, Iridium has completed its Iridium NEXT satellite launch campaign (¹). With its 75 new satellites by SpaceX successfully deployed over the past two years, Iridium has achieved the feat Read more …
Iridium NEXT maintains its schedule [Update-3]
June 2012, I wrote a post on the future constellation of communications satellites Iridium NEXT. While intended for operational use in 2017, the calendar was shifted a few months. Indeed, launching Read more …
Iridium Mail & Web app : GRIB weather files on iPhone and iPad in open sea [Update-2]
[Update 15 February 2019] The recent update of the Iridium Mail app & Web gives me the opportunity to refresh the ticket originally written in December 2011. RedPort's Wi-Fi Optimizer gateway allows owners Read more …
Iridium GO! finally corrects its shortcomings [Update]
Iridium has just published an update of its Iridium GO device firmware! to correct a number of dysfunctions, including the slowness of data transfers (Messaging, GRIB files, aso.) but also recurring communication problems Read more …
Satellite phones : prices increase in France
If satellite telephony tariffs, mainly Iridium and Inmarsat, have not evolved in the U.S.A., this is not the case in France. After storage removal of products remained on the shelves, new supplies distributors underwent Read more …
Iridium stops the distribution of the AxcessPoint router [Update]
Iridium announced in its distribution network shutdown late February router WiFi AxcessPoint (¹) which allows an iPad or an iPhone to connect to an Iridium phone to access a messaging service. No worries Read more …
Iridium Mail & Web is once again fully usable
Since release Apple iOS 8 early October 2014 Iridium Mail application & Web app (which replaced AxcessPoint Mail & Web app) was no longer able to export an attachment in another application by the function "open in".… Read more …
Iridium unifies the use of its mobile devices
Since the release of Iridium GO! (¹) There were two different pages of subscription (for free) to messaging service, and two applications (iOS/Android) to connect to the Iridium devices. Now there is only one application : Iridium Mail Read more …
Iridium GO! keeps its promises [Update]
Since its announcement in February, the GO! is expected to come from dealers at the beginning of this month. The company E - SAT in gave me one to conduct some tests. Although too late to perform Read more …
IsatPhone 2 the new Inmarsat satellite phone [Update-2]
The war is open between the two leading operators worldwide satellite phone. After the announcement of GO! by Iridium (¹), Here IsatPhone 2 by Inmarsat. Inmarsat will deliver its new mobile satellite phone on March 24 next. IsatPhone 2 target the top Read more …
With IsatHub, Inmarsat promises to connect - much - faster [Update]
After the announcement with great pomp of GO! Iridium a few months ago, but not yet available, INMARSAT has IsatHub at the CommunicAsia fair which has just closed its doors in Singapore. Competition is severe between Read more …
Iridium GO! promises to connect you – nearly – anywhere
We talk about it in the press The global satellite company targets the consumer market with Iridium GO!™ : pack it for camping or world travel (¹). In all public places where you can connect without Read more …
IsatPhone Pro versus Iridium (continue)
As promised in my post on 15 July, here are the results of the comparative test conducted aboard "Prince d'Oc" for our trip from Port Leucate to Dubrovnik. Thanks to the loan of a full IsatPhone Pro, with station Read more …
Iridium NEXT the future
The use of Iridium takes a growing place among offshore sailors. Safety at sea to join his family at all times, or be able to contact a medical emergency, are arguments often cited by Read more …
IsatPhone Pro versus Iridium, choose which ?
I just read, in the latest issue of Sails and Sailing dated May 2012, a comparative Inmarsat Iridium-which leaves me dissatisfied. Quite interesting on the form, it has many approximations on the bottom, and allows Read more …
Testimony : Transquadra and Navigation Mac
After Jean Debèze, avid supporter of Navigation Mac, made me the pleasure of a detailed tutorial about installing a multiplexer aboard his sailboat, here's a ticket by Jacques Vermeulen, reflecting very didactic way to experience Read more …
Send Tweets via SMS from your Iridium
MailaSail informs us : you can now update your Tweets directly from your Iridium phone (*). Start by sending an SMS from your Iridium with words START or SIGNUP to short code 40404…
Navigation with iPad trainings : a complete solution
Avec Weather4D PRO et AxcessPoint, associated with an Iridium satellite phone, we now have a complete solution, reliable and low cost to receive, display and manage GRIB files in open seas with iPad. iNavX and Navionics Read more …
Iridium - iPad connection – is coming out !
I dont like to advertise products or features before they are available, but in this case the subject can guide choices or postponements of purchase among potential users. Iridium announced on last 7 last September the Read more …
Using an Iridium phone with Mac OS X
British company Mailasail, I am now agent in France for Mac users, provides tools to connect directly an Iridium to Mac OS X. A driver designed by them allows Read more …