Iridium Satellite Communications
Global provider in developing cutting edge iridium solutions
From maritime and military, to mining and UAV’s and IOT, Maxtena offers Iridium technology to empower OEMs, customers, and end users across various industries to manage their heavy equipment fleets more efficiently — optimizing overall performance, improving safety for equipment and crews, and remote communication and beyond line of sight control and command. The Iridium antennas and modems are available in several different sizes depending on customer requirements. Iridium modems are provided for embedded designs along with complete plug and play products with cloud connected services. We provide also complete Iridium IOT solutions including trackers and value add products. Iridium provides real time access to high-value data letting you or your customers take actions to prevent potential failures and avoid costly consequences.
Featured applications
Maritime
- Vessel operations
- Cargo monitoring
- Vessel telematics
- Connected ship
Land mobility
- Rail network management
- Cargo tracking
- Fleet management
Industrial
- Mining
- Equipment/Asset management
- Logistics tracking
Why choose Maxtena?
Maxtena provides state-of-the-art antenna products designed to achieve results with a reliable performance at a high precision result. We use proprietary and patented technologies to provide innovative design, provide unmatched solutions, and unrivaled performance.
Maxtena’s patented technology
Featuring our latest DAT technology, Maxtena provides advanced software with artificial intelligence is used to track multiple LEO satellites without GPS assistance. Our solutions provide pole to pole coverage over Iridium network.
Iridium certified & official Iridium VAR
Maxtena is the complete provider of Iridium antennas, transceivers and data services. Our line of Iridium antennas is fully Iridium network certified and designed for land, air, and sea M2M/IoT applications.
World class products/ Custom solutions
We provide the most advanced Iridium antennas to ensure a seamless connectivity. Maxtena antennas are available on a single or a multi-panel configuration based on customer request. Our offering include several options depending on the mounting options, cable length, and connectors. We also offer both external antennas that come in a range of rugged housings, as week as embedded solutions.
Diverse Iridium portfolio
The Iridium antennas and modems are available in several different sizes depending on customer requirements. We produce both external antennas that come in a range of rugged housings, as well as embedded antennas. Iridium modems are provided for embedded designs along with complete plug and play products with cloud connected services.
Featured products
X18-U
Extremely low profile | Small footprint | Solid-State design | Light-weight | Reconfigurable | RF Cybersecurity
X12-LP
Fully integrates with Iridium 9810 based modem using a single coaxial interface | Integrated GNSS module | Supports 50 m cable from terminal to antenna | IP67 | TNC Connector
M1621HCT-EXT1
Optimized for the Iridium network | Very low axial ratio | TNC, SMA, SMB, MCX connector | Ground plane independent | Magnet mount | Ultra-light weight - 52 grams
M1621HCT-P-SMA
Helical passive Iridium a screw-on design antenna, featuring|an integrated SMA connector
M9603G
Iridium modem/Very small form/ Pole-to-pole global coverage/ Single-board transceiver/ No SIM card/ Designed to be incorporated into an OEM solution/ a single multi-pin interface connector & antenna connector
Featured Service
Our commitment to innovation is unprecedented. Our technologies power some of today’s most cutting-edge wireless solutions. Maxtena is the leader in the design and manufacturing of high performance, light weight antennas for use in a variety of portable wireless applications including satellite phones, military radios, handheld navigation, GPS tracking, recreational devices and laptop computers. Maxtena produces both external antennas that come in a range of plastic housings as well as embedded antennas. The embedded antennas are custom built to sit perfectly in the application’s own housing.
Antenna selection guide
Need support to choose the applicable antenna? Antenna selection guide
Our antenna selection guide describes important parameters to consider when deciding what kind of antenna to use in your wireless solutions.
Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD)
Service is an efficient network protocol designed for shorter sized data messages than can be economically sent to and from anywhere on the globe using the Iridium Satellite Network. Read More