Matt Desch, chief executive officer of satellite
operator Iridium Communications (irdm), said that as the launch contractor, Northrop Grumman (noc) deserves the blame for the loss last weekend of the satellite, which is presumed to have crashed into the ocean in the secretive mission code - named Zuma.
Founded in 2008, Coherent Navigation was a small firm that focused on creating commercial navigation services based on partnerships with companies like Boeing and
Iridium, the satellite network
operator, according to a description on the LinkedIn page of Paul Lego, the company's former chief executive.