Aireon

Cleared Direct Jul 28, 2026

Aireon and Space-Based ADS-B, the Sixty-Six Iridium Satellites That Put a Receiver Over Every Ocean and Ended the Era of the Untracked Airplane

How Aireon's ADS-B receivers on 66 Iridium satellites erased the ocean's surveillance blind spots and ended the era of the untracked airplane.

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Cleared Direct Jul 25, 2026

How Aireon put ADS-B receivers on 66 Iridium satellites to give controllers a live picture of aircraft over the oceans for the first time.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jul 23, 2026

Radio Hangar explores Aireon, the Sixty-Six Iridium Satellites, and the Space-Based ADS-B Net That Erased the Ocean's Blind Spot.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jul 20, 2026

How Aireon put ADS-B receivers on the Iridium NEXT satellites to deliver the first real-time, pole-to-pole air traffic surveillance.

Vector

Cleared Direct May 28, 2026

How the Aireon satellite constellation delivers real-time ADS-B tracking for every equipped aircraft on Earth, including over oceans and poles.

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