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AMENDMENT N° 9

TO THE

FULL SCALE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT

No. IS-10-021

Between

Iridium Satellite LLC

And

THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCE

for the

IRIDIUM NEXT SYSTEM

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PREAMBLE

This Amendment N° 9 (the “Amendment”) to the Full Scale System Development Contract No. IS-10-021 signed on June 1, 2010 between Iridium Satellite LLC and Thales Alenia Space France for the Iridium Next System, as amended, (the “Contract”) is entered into on this 19th day of June, 2012 by and between Thales Alenia Space France, a company organized and existing under the laws of France, having its registered office at 26 avenue Jean François Champollion 31100 Toulouse – FRANCE (“Contractor”), and Iridium Satellite LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware, having an office at 1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1400, McLean, VA 22102 - USA (“Purchaser”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Purchaser issued a letter, dated [***], authorizing Contractor to proceed with work necessary to [***], which is superseded by this Amendment;

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to [***]; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have reached agreement on the total price for [***].

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

Article 1: Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Contract or any amendments thereto, as the case may be.

Article 2: Customer’s portion of the cost to [***] U.S. Dollars (US$[***]), shall be deducted from the Adjustment leaving a remaining Adjustment balance of [***] U.S. Dollars (US$[***]).

Article 3: Contractor shall deliver to Customer the final details of any [***] for Customer’s review and consultation prior to proceeding with any [***].

Article 4: If the Launch date of any Satellite Batch is delayed solely due to the [***], the Grace Period of such affected Satellite Batch will be extended by no more than [***].

Article 5: This Amendment may be executed and delivered (including via facsimile or other electronic means) in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Article 6: All other provisions of the Contract not expressly referred to in this Amendment remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment by their duly authorized officers as of the date set forth in the Preamble.

IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC	THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCE
/s/ S. Scott Smith	/s/ Nathalie Smirnov
S. Scott Smith	Nathalie Smirnov
Executive Vice President,	Senior Vice President,
Satellite Development & Operations	System & Payload – Telecom

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