(Mark One)☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF1934For the fiscal year ended December31, 2025 or☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF1934For the transition period fromtoCommission File Number001-33963_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Iridium Communications Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1400, McLean, VA 22102(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule405 of the Securities Act.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding12months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required 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 reporting company, or an emerging growth company.See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): AcceleratedFilerSmallerReportingCompanyEmerging Growth Company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financialaccounting 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 its internal control over financial reportingunder Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting 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 registrant included in the filing reflect the correctionof 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-based compensation received by any of the registrant’sexecutive 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 Rule12b-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 which the common equity was last sold as ofJune30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $2,643.2 million. The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding as of February6, 2026 was 104,956,759. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of stockholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation14A with the Securities and ExchangeCommission not later than 120days after the registrant’s fiscal year end of December31, 2025, are incorporated by reference into PartIII of this Form 10-K. IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONSINC. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KYear Ended December31, 2025 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART IItem 1.Item 1A.Item 1B.Item 1C.Item 2.Item 3.Item 4.PART IIItem 5.Item 6.Item 7.Item 7A.Item 8.Item 9.Item 9A.Item 9B.Item 9C.PART IIIItem 10.Item 11.Item 12.Item 13.Item 14.PART IVItem 15.Item 16. BusinessRisk FactorsUnresolved Staff CommentsCybersecurityPropertiesLegal ProceedingsMine Safety Disclosures Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities [Reserved] Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance92Executive Compensation92Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters92Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions, and Director Independence92Principal Accountant Fees and Services92 Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules Form 10-K SummarySIGNATURES Forward-Looking Statements This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For thispurpose, any stat