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Matthew Desch

Chief Executive Officer & Director, Iridium

Search every verified Matthew Desch interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. On June 29, 2026, Iridium CEO Matt Desch participated in a Rocket Lab investor update announcing Rocket Lab's acquisition of Iridium Communications. Desch joined Rocket Lab CEO Sir Peter Beck and CFO Adam Spice in discussing the deal, which was unanimously approved by both companies' boards and is expected to close in 2027. Desch's role in the presentation was not separately quoted, but he was included as part of the announcement, which characterized Iridium as a profitable business with $871 million in revenue and 57% operating EBITDA margins in FY2025.

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“Together, we believe we can cost effectively launch, operate, and sustain new services like the plans we envision for our next generation PNT service or expand on our Aryan business by transforming the way pilots communicate with air traffic controllers. And we believe we can do it faster and make the business case work better as well.”

“Combining Rocket Lab is the best way for us to take our experience and success into the future of the space business. Being part of an industry-leading launch and satellite provider will create a global space powerhouse vertically integrated to innovate and succeed long-term in this fast growing industry.”

“We provide a location and timing reference that's a thousand times more powerful than GPS, and moving it from device-level products into a chip opens up millions of new applications; ultimately that capability will be integrated into commercial GNSS chips at no additional cost.”

“Someone actually said this is a trillion-dollar market, but it's a little premature to start talking about giant numbers; we don't know what the size of the D2D market is. The MSS L- and S-band market today is $3–4 billion — it will be bigger, but I don't think it's going to be hundreds of times larger.”

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