铱星通讯 2024年度报告

(Mark One)☐ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF 1934 Iridium Communications Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes☐No☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.Yes☐No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☐No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant toRule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files).Yes☐No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reportingcompany, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large Accelerated Filer☐Non-Accelerated Filer☐ Accelerated Filer☐Smaller Reporting Company☐Emerging Growth Company☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of itsinternal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b).☐Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes☐No☐ The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at whichthe common equity was last sold as of June 30, 2024, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter,was approximately $2,409.2 million. The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding as of February 7, 2025 was 108,839,159. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A withthe Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the registrant’s fiscal year end of December 31, 2024, areincorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K. IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KYear Ended December 31, 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I Item 1.Business2Item 1A.Risk Factors24Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments39Item 1C.Cybersecurity39Item 2.Properties41Item 3.Legal Proceedings41Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures41PART IIItem 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and IssuerPurchases of Equity Securities42Item 6.[Reserved]44Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results ofOperations44 Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk54Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data55Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and FinancialDisclosure87Item 9A.Controls and Procedures87Item 9B.Other Information90Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections90PART IIIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance91Item 11.Executive Compensation91Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and RelatedStockholder Matters91Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions, and DirectorIndependence91Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services91PART IVItem 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules92Item 16.Form 10-K S