 With the bankruptcy of Iridium, the fact Iridium was setup as an independent company and was not a part of Motorola.With this, a court found Motorola not liable to the people that tried to put Motorola "on the hook" for liabilities in the bankruptcy.The Iridium communications network is still up and running owned by the company Iridium Communications Inc.

Motorola attempted to follow the Iridium system with an envisioned Celestri constellation, to offer global, broadband "Internet in the sky" services.