Iridium 9603

The innovative Iridium 9603 transceiver combines the global coverage of the Iridium satellite constellation with the low latency of the Iridium Short Burst Data® Service to provide highly reliable satellite communications from pole to pole.

 

With the smallest form factor of any commercial satellite transceiver available today, the Iridium 9603 is ideal for space-constrained applications including monitoring, tracking and alarm systems.

Tech Specs & Features

 

Mechanical

 

• Length: 31.5 mm

• Width: 29.6 mm

• Depth: 8.1 mm

• Weight: 11.4 g

 

Environmental

 

• Operating temperature range: -30ºC to +70ºC

• Operating humidity range: ≤75% RH

• Storage temperature range: -40ºC to +85ºC

• Storage humidity range: ≤ 93 % RH

Power

 

• Supply input voltage range: 5.0V +/- .2V DC

• Supply input voltage ripple: <40mV pp

• Idle Current (peak): 156mA

• Idle Current (average): 34mA

• Transmit Current (peak): 1.3 A

• Transmit Current (average): 145mA

• Receive Current (peak): 156mA

• Receive Current (average): 39mA

• SBD message transfer - average current: 158mA

• SBD message transfer - average power: <= 0.8 W

RF Interface

 

• Frequency range: 1616 to 1626.5 MHz

• Duplexing method: TDD (Time Domain Duplex)

• Input/output impedance: 50Ω

• Multiplexing method: TDMA/FDMA