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

RF Interface

 

• Frequency range: 1616 to 1626.5 MHz

• Duplexing method: TDD (Time Domain Duplex)

• Input/output impedance: 50Ω

• Multiplexing method: TDMA/FDMA

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