oceanic surveillance

ADS-B air traffic control aircraft tracking Aireon aviation technology flight tracking Iridium NEXT North Atlantic tracks space-based ADS-B

Cleared Direct Aug 15, 2026

Aireon, Space-Based ADS-B, and the Sixty-Six Satellites That Finally Put Eyes on Every Airplane Over the Ocean

Aireon's 66-satellite ADS-B network finally put real-time surveillance over the oceans, cutting separation from 80 to 14 nautical miles.

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Cleared Direct Jul 25, 2026

Aireon, Space-Based ADS-B, and the Sixty-Six Satellites That Put Every Airplane Over the Ocean on a Controller's Screen

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.

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Cleared Direct Jul 20, 2026

Space-Based ADS-B and How Aireon Turned a Satellite Constellation Into Global Air Traffic Surveillance

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

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Cleared Direct May 28, 2026

Space-based ADS-B and the Aireon satellite constellation tracking every aircraft on the planet in real time

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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