IRIDIUM® Products
Iridium 9603N
The Iridium 9603 is the world’s smallest commercially available two-way satellite data transceiver, designed for applications where space is at a premium and communication is critical.
- Smallest form factor offering unmatched integration flexibility
- Single-board transceiver
- Single header connector for Power, On/off control, logical level asynchronous UART control & Network availability
- Simple AT command interface
- SIM-less operation
- Automatic notification that mobile-terminated messages are queued
- Maximum MO message size: 340 bytes
- Maximum MT message size: 270 bytes
Mechanical Specs.
- Length: 31.5 mm
- Width: 29.6 mm
- Depth: 8.1 mm
- Weight: 11.4 g
Environmental Specs.
- 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: 50 Ω
- Multiplexing method: TDMA/FDMA
- VSWR return loss: 1.5:1 In Iridium Band,
- 3:1 Out of Band
DC Power Input
- Supply input voltage range: 5.0V +/- 0.5V 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