Matt Desch – Spaceflight Now

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Q&A with Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium (members only)

January 13, 2017 Stephen Clark

Iridium chief executive Matt Desch spoke with Spaceflight Now on the eve of the first launch for the company’s next-generation satellite fleet, discussing the $3 billion upgrade’s technical and financial ramifications and his feelings before deployments begin in orbit.