Aireon late last week announced that it had added the Airports Authority Of India as a participant in its space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) service.
Read More »Aireon Space-Based Data Plays a Part in Making Decision to Ground Boeing 737 Max Fleet
After the tragic crash of Ethiopia Airlines Flight 302 authorities turned to Aireon to ask for data from its space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system.
Read More »Aireon’s New Global Aircraft Surveillance Service a Game Changer
Now that all of its aircraft surveillance receivers have launched as hosted payloads on the Iridium Next satellite constellation, Aireon is within months of going live with a game changing service.
Read More »Successful SpaceX Launch of Iridium-8 Has Implications for Every Canadian
SpaceX’s first launch of the year, the Iridium-8 mission, has big implications for air traffic worldwide – including in Canada.
Read More »13 Canadian Commercial Satellite Constellations in Development
There are 13 Canadian commercial satellite constellations in development with 384 planned satellites and five satellites already on-orbit.
Read More »Short Take Podcast: NAV Canada’s Game Changing Global Space-Based Real-Time Flight Tracking System Getting Closer to Completion
On January 14th of this year, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched the first 10 satellites of the Iridium Next satellite constellation. This coming Sunday another SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch, with the next 10 satellites in the constellation to be deployed.
Read More »As SpaceX Returns to Flight There’s a Lot Riding on the Flight for Many Companies
Today at 12:54 p.m. EST, SpaceX should return to flight with the launch of a Falcon 9 on the Iridium 1 mission, if all goes well. There’s a lot riding on this mission, and not just for SpaceX.
Read More »NAV CANADA and Iridium Announce new Joint Mega Hosted Payload Venture: Aireon
NAV CANADA and Iridium today announced a new joint venture to be run under the company Aireon LLC with support from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and suppliers Harris Corporation and ITT Exelis. The new company takes advantage of Iridium’s NEXT hosted payload capability and will deliver surveillance capability to Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) around the world and their commercial airline customers.
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