AMENDMENT N° 14 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

AMENDMENT N° 14

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

*** Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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This Amendment N° 14 (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 8th day of November, 2012 by and between Thales Alenia Space France, a company organized and existing under the laws of France, having its registered office at 00 xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000 Xxxxxxxx – FRANCE (“Contractor”), and Iridium Satellite LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware, having an office at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, XxXxxx, XX 00000 - USA (“Purchaser”).

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WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to incorporate [***] and [***] (“[***]”) into the [***] according to the requirements set forth in [***] dated [***] and [***]; and

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[***], authorizing Contractor to proceed with work necessary to incorporate [***] and [***] into the [***], which is superseded by this Amendment; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have reached agreement on the total price for incorporation of [***] and [***] into the [***].

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: The cost to implement [***],[***] U.S. Dollars (US$[***]), shall be accounted for as follows:

(i) [***] U.S. Dollars (US$[***]) of this total amount shall be deducted from the Adjustment, leaving no remaining Adjustment balance; and

(ii) the Base Contract Price set forth in Article 4.1 of the Contract is hereby increased by [***] U.S. Dollars (US$[***]) to a new Base Contract Price of not more than [***] U.S. Dollars (US$[***]).

Article 3: All Contract Milestones, except for those listed below and contained in Article 4 herein, will not contain [***].

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Article 4: Exhibit D of the Contract is hereby revised to add the following separate milestone payment schedule applicable to the implementation of [***].

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Article 5: Table 10-1 set forth in Section 10 of the SOW is hereby revised by the addition of the following [***] items.

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Article 6: Section 11 of Exhibit B is hereby revised to add the following separate [***]-related milestones and milestone reviews.

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Article 7: Appendix A of the SOW is hereby revised by the addition of the following Deliverable Data applicable to the implementation of [***].

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Article 8: 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 9: 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. Xxxxx Xxxxx			/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
S. Xxxxx Xxxxx			Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Executive Vice President,			Senior Vice President
Satellite Development & Operations			System & Payload – Telecom

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