aviation surveillance

Cleared Direct Oct 17, 2026

Aireon, the Iridium Satellite Payload That Covers Every Ocean on the Planet, and What Space-Based ADS-B Means for the Two-Thirds of Earth Where Radar Never Reached

Aireon's ADS-B receivers aboard Iridium NEXT satellites deliver 8-second position updates over every ocean on Earth, replacing decades of procedural oceanic control.

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Cleared Direct Oct 9, 2026

GPS Jamming Over Active Conflict Zones, the ADS-B Surveillance Picture You Cannot Trust, and the Navigation Assumption Nobody Stress-Tested Before It Started Breaking

GPS spoofing over active conflict zones is corrupting the ADS-B position data controllers rely on for separation, with over 2,000 interference events logged in a single week in early 2024.

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Cleared Direct Oct 1, 2026

The Alaska Capstone Program, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, and the Bush Flying Surveillance Problem That Built the National ADS-B Mandate

The ADS-B technology in your panel today traces directly to the FAA's Capstone Program, a field test in one of the most dangerous stretches of airspace in the United States.

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Cleared Direct Sep 12, 2026

Aireon, the Iridium Satellite Constellation, and the Space-Based ADS-B Network That Closed the Ocean Surveillance Gap

Aireon's space-based ADS-B network, hosted on 66 Iridium NEXT satellites, cut North Atlantic position update intervals from 14 minutes to 8 seconds and reduced lateral separation to 15 nautical miles.

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Cleared Direct Aug 29, 2026

The LADD Program, the Celebrity Jet Trackers, and the Privacy Fight Hidden Inside Your ADS-B Transponder

The FAA's LADD program lets pilots block their aircraft from public tracking platforms - but independent receiver networks operate outside those rules.

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Cleared Direct Aug 13, 2026

Aireon, Space-Based ADS-B, and the Sixty-Six Satellites That Finally Put Eyes on the Middle of the Ocean

How Aireon's 66 satellites put ADS-B receivers in orbit and finally closed air traffic control's oldest blind spot: the open ocean.

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Cleared Direct Aug 9, 2026

The Unencrypted Beacon - Why ADS-B Broadcasts in the Clear, How Easy It Is to Spoof a Ghost Airplane, and What the FAA Actually Does About It

ADS-B broadcasts aircraft positions unencrypted and unauthenticated - here's why it's spoofable and what the FAA does to catch fake targets.

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Cleared Direct Aug 8, 2026

Aireon, the Iridium NEXT Constellation, and the Sixty-Six Satellites That Finally Let Controllers See Airplanes Over the Open Ocean

How Aireon's 66 space-based ADS-B receivers on the Iridium NEXT satellites gave controllers real-time surveillance over oceans for the first time.

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Cleared Direct Aug 4, 2026

Aireon, Space-Based ADS-B, and the Sixty-Six Iridium Satellites That Finally Put the Whole Ocean Under Radar Coverage

How Aireon's 66 Iridium satellites put the entire planet under real-time ADS-B surveillance for the first time in aviation history.

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Cleared Direct Aug 1, 2026

Aireon, Space-Based ADS-B, and the Sixty-Six Satellites That Finally Let Controllers See Airplanes Over the Ocean

How Aireon's 66 satellites brought space-based ADS-B to the oceans, ending aviation's oldest blind spot and tightening North Atlantic separation.

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Cleared Direct Jul 30, 2026

Aireon, the ADS-B Receivers Riding on the Iridium Satellites, and the Oceanic Gap That Let a Triple Seven Vanish

Radio Hangar explores Aireon, the ADS-B Receivers Riding on the Iridium Satellites, and the Oceanic Gap That Let a Triple Seven Vanish.

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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 22, 2026

The Dual-Link Gamble - Why American ADS-B Runs on Two Frequencies, and the Ghost Targets That TIS-B Was Built to Chase Down

Why US ADS-B uses two frequencies (978 and 1090 MHz), how TIS-B relays traffic between them, and why ghost targets appear.

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