secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Iridium Communications Inc. (IRDM)
CIK:        0001418819
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-20T11:01:13+00:00
Accession:  0001418819-26-000053
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Iridium Q3 revenue $245.7M, up 8%; EPS $0.98 on $103.9M Aireon gain; Rocket Lab deal approved
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- Revenue $245.7M (+8% YoY); service revenue +13% and 76% of total; net income $106.9M ($0.98 diluted) vs $37.1M ($0.35), aided by $103.9M Aireon gain.
- OEBITDA $135.6M vs $136.6M prior year, partly on $4.5M higher expense from paying annual incentive comp solely in cash. Subscribers 2,696,000, +6% YoY led by commercial IoT.
- Commercial service revenue $159.9M (+16%); hosted payload/other data +$22.7M (+121%) on Aireon. Government service $27.6M (+2%); equipment $19.0M vs $21.5M.
- Aireon acquisition closed July 2, 2026; assumed $154.7M credit facility due Oct 10, 2028 and $183.4M non-interest seller note. Net leverage 4.2x; net debt $2.1B.
- Rocket Lab (RKLB) deal approved by 99.6% of votes cast (81.4% of outstanding) on Sept 24; close seen mid-2027. Q3 dividend $0.15 paid; Q4 rises to $0.16.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000053/0001418819-26-000053-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000053/irdm-20261020.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418819-26-000053

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