The Iridium GO was introduced into the market in 2014 and has been a game changer for offshore sailors. Directly downloading weather data via a satellite connection, using either the GO or some other satellite device, has become the preferred method for sailors to obtain weather data while offshore.

The LuckGrib Offshore Data service supports a variety of connections:

• direct downloads via an Iridium GO! This is one of the simplest methods for data delivery available.
• direct downloads via an Iridium GO! exec.
• direct downloads using a satellite phone connected to the RedPort Optimizer. This device supports a wide range of satellite phones.
• if you have access to a slow cell phone network, you can optimize data delivery with it by using this service.

Directly downloading weather data, through a satellite or slow cell phone connection, from the LuckGrib server cluster is described in more detail in a separate article.