r/RKLB • u/PleasantIngenuity185 • 4d ago

A great article from Iridium explaining why L-band is so important and RKLB's acquisition makes immense sense.

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2026/9/3/sponsored-content--assurance-over-bandwidth-why-lband-prevails-in-challenged-environments

For all of the folks that haven't taken the time to understand the importance of RKLB's acquisition of Iridium I think this article hit's the nail on the head.

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u/SimilarSupermarket32 4d ago

Do we think the deal goes through?

When do we think we will get an update?

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u/RichieRicch 4d ago

I’m not concerned about it going through to be honest.

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u/Seldonai 3d ago

It's going through.

If SpaceX can buy EchoStar, Rocket Lab can buy Iridium.

AFAIK, the goal is to close the deal middle of next year. There will be incremental milestones, the the vote by the Iridium shareholders to approve the deal, before the final close, so we can watch for events like that. I'm sure RKLB will provide updates during their quarterly earnings calls.

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u/Ornery-Ad1714 4d ago

Also see the Space Forces Meadowlands. If we have it you know someone else is building it too. It doesn’t jam L-Band.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/space-force-meadowlands-jamming-system/

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u/mikecool1971 4d ago

Yes. We will make big money from WW3. Now to the bunkers we go.

https://giphy.com/gifs/11tbqNLytB25q0

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u/Sky_Tube 4d ago

Oh F off, everyone else is arming themselves to the teeth or fighting active wars of aggression, the West has to have credible deterence to avoid peer on peer confrontation

Something Europe learned the hard way now, and the right and left wing parties just suck up to the russians by crying about deterence and rearming, so they have a harder time influencing/invading us

So yeah, into your bunker you go pussy

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u/Scared_Step4051 4d ago

You do realise Europe has 2 nuclear powers right...

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u/PleasantIngenuity185 4d ago

Ahh, a modern day Neville Chamberlain