May 21, 2013
VIA EDGAR
Mr. Jonathan Groff
Staff Attorney
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: | Iridium Communications Inc. | |
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 | ||
Filed March 5, 2013 | ||
File No. 001-33963 |
Dear Mr. Groff:
Iridium Communications Inc. (the “Company”) hereby acknowledges that it has received comments from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by letter dated May 9, 2013 with respect to the above-referenced filing (the “Comments”). Consistent with your telephonic conversation today with Brian Leaf of Cooley LLP, the Company’s outside counsel, the Company currently intends to respond to the Comments by June 7, 2013.
Pursuant to the Staff’s letter, the Company further acknowledges that:
• | the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; |
• | Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and |
• | the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Very truly yours, | ||
IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas D. Hickey | |
Thomas D. Hickey | ||
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |
cc: | Brent B. Siler, Esq. |