Iridium in haiti
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The country is second in iridium reserves after South Africa, says economics development specialist, Dr. Haiti has one of the largest iridium reserves in the world. Its exploitation could be a lever for the revival of the Haitian economy and the creation of millions of jobs, argues the economics professor, Dr. Its resistance to high temperatures and corrosion makes it almost indispensable in the manufacture of aircraft engines and deep water pipelines. This metal is today worth more than gold and Bitcoin.
#Iridium in haiti full#
Full operation happened on February 8th, 2019.As difficult to work with as it is rare, iridium is found in large quantities in Haiti’s southeast, which has the second largest reserves in the world. The 2nd generation of the Iridium NEXT constellation consists of 66 operational satellites with 9 orbital spares and 6 more satellites on the ground for a total of 81 satellites… The final launch of 10 satellites was made on Januand all satellites were expected to drift into their respective slots on February 4, 2019. Voice calls are the a big winner as latency is now so low that talking parties will not notice the delay between speakers.
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Many applications such as VPN will operate far better with the low latency benefit of the Iridium Certus network. In comparison, Iridium satellites orbit about 500 miles above Earth and communicate with each other to reach a land station that may be only a 1,000 or 2,000 miles away reducing ping times to traditional land-based connections. The reason some satellites are so slow is the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second and Geo-Stationary satellites sit 22,300 miles above the equator and data must travel up and down twice to make a round trip “ping”. A 50 millisecond ping time is a far cry from the Geo-Stationary satellite latency of 600 to 1200 milliseconds. As of March of 2020 Iridium’s Certus network latency is hovering around 700 to 900 milliseconds but in time it is expected to be 40 to 50 milliseconds with updated infrastructure. One future benefit of the Iridium LEO Low-Earth-Orbiting satellites is the potential of low-latency or ping times… these will be far far faster than Geo-Stationary satellites.
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To maintain constant connectivity with the Iridium network, a data handoff is made when one satellite is setting and another is rising from the horizon… this allows for Iridium’s 100% seamless coverage which goes completely unnoticed to the end-user. Standing on the ground, an Iridium satellite will rise from the horizon and stay within line-of-sight view for about 7 minutes. The 6 polar orbiting rings around the planet also slowly change their longitude in a westerly direction from the equator so they never rise in the same location each orbit… This means Iridium satellites will both rise from the north or rise from the south on different days… Here is an example video of how these satellite move. These 66 satellites make up 6 rings of 11 satellites each and travel at a speed of 17,000 mph (27,000 km) making a complete orbit around the Earth every 100 minutes.
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Iridium Low-Earth-Orbiting satellites (LEO for short) are approximately 485 miles (781 km) above the Earth’s surface and travel in a polar orbit, meaning they move around the Earth from one pole to the other pole. The orange circles represent operational coverage areas and red circles show inactive or spare satellites… As of February 8th, 2019 all next generation Iridium satellites are in full operation… The previous Iridium satellites have been de-orbited. These low-earth-orbiting satellites support all Iridium services including the most recent Iridium Certus network for high-speed Internet & phone.
#Iridium in haiti update#
If you watch the above screen long enough it will update with the real-time tracking of 66 Iridium NEXT satellites happening right now (how cool is that!).