Aireon's space-based ADS-B network, operational since April 2019, gave air traffic controllers real-time surveillance over the North Atlantic for the first time in aviation history.
VectorAireon's space-based ADS-B network, built on the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation, ended the era of blind oceanic surveillance in 2019.
VectorHow Aireon put ADS-B receivers on 66 Iridium satellites to replace 40-minute oceanic position reports with real-time tracking of every equipped aircraft over every ocean.
VectorAireon'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.
VectorHow 66 low-Earth orbit satellites gave controllers continuous real-time position data over oceanic airspace for the first time in 80 years of commercial aviation.
VectorHow Aireon's 66 satellites brought real-time ADS-B surveillance to the oceans and are shrinking separation over the North Atlantic.
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TowerHow Aireon's 66 Iridium satellites brought ADS-B surveillance to the oceans and poles, tightening separation and saving fuel.
VectorHow Aireon's 66 satellites brought air traffic surveillance to the 70% of Earth that radar never covered - and why it matters for aviation.
VectorAireon's 66-satellite ADS-B network finally put real-time surveillance over the oceans, cutting separation from 80 to 14 nautical miles.
VectorHow Aireon's 66 satellites put ADS-B receivers in orbit and finally closed air traffic control's oldest blind spot: the open ocean.
VectorHow Aireon's ADS-B receivers on Iridium satellites finally gave controllers real-time surveillance over the oceans that ground radar never covered.
VectorHow Aireon's 66 space-based ADS-B receivers on the Iridium NEXT satellites gave controllers real-time surveillance over oceans for the first time.
VectorHow Aireon's 66-satellite Iridium NEXT constellation brought ADS-B surveillance to the 70% of Earth radar never covered.
VectorHow Aireon's 66 Iridium satellites put the entire planet under real-time ADS-B surveillance for the first time in aviation history.
VectorHow Aireon's 66 satellites brought space-based ADS-B to the oceans, ending aviation's oldest blind spot and tightening North Atlantic separation.
VectorRadio Hangar explores Aireon, the ADS-B Receivers Riding on the Iridium Satellites, and the Oceanic Gap That Let a Triple Seven Vanish.
VectorHow Aireon's ADS-B receivers on 66 Iridium satellites erased the ocean's surveillance blind spots and ended the era of the untracked airplane.
VectorHow Aireon put ADS-B receivers on 66 Iridium satellites to give controllers a live picture of aircraft over the oceans for the first time.
VectorHow 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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