Aireon Moving Toward ADS-B Activation With Iridium's Next Constellation Complete
Aireon has full control of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) payloads hosted on Iridium's Next satellites, and the real-time aircraft surveillance system should be operational within weeks, Aireon said Thursday. It said it will do payload testing and validation…
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over the next two weeks. It said the ADS-B system will start with operational trials over the North Atlantic with the Canadian and U.K. air navigation service providers. The last of Iridium's Next satellites were activated this week, after their launch in January (see 1902060025).