List/Grid Tag Archives: Aireon
Leonardo signs MOU with Aireon to integrate ADS-B
Leonardo is to integrate data from Aireon into its ‘LeadInSky’ Air Traffic Management (ATM) solution, using the latter’s space-based ADS–B data. Leonardo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with…
Aireon ALERT tracking now open for pre-registration
Aireon and the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) have announced that air navigation service providers (ANSPs), aircraft operators, regulators and search and rescue organisations can now pre-register for their free, global…
Airbus and Aireon partner on AirSense ADS-B solution
Airbus Defence and Space has launched AirSense, an advanced analytics solution enabled by multi-source surveillance data, based on global Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data. The system is based on various…
Iridium now has 55 NEXT satellites in orbit after sixth launch
Iridium announced today that SpaceX has successfully launched five Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Shortly after deployment, Iridium confirmed successful communication with all five new…
UK’s NATS invests in Aireon space-based ADS-B tracking
NATS, the air traffic management organisation for the United Kingdom, has taken a 10% stake in Aireon, the air traffic and surveillance company that uses space-based ADS-B receivers aboard Iridium…
Fifth Iridium NEXT satellite launch completed successfully
SpaceX has successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites, bringing the total now in orbit to 50. The launch took place from Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
Iridium NEXT satellites in Vandenberg for fourth launch
Iridium Communications announced today that all 10 Iridium NEXT satellites for its fourth launch are now in processing at SpaceX’s west coast launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
SpaceX confirms successful launch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites
Iridium Communications has announced the successful third launch and deployment of its latest batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites. The satellites were delivered into low-Earth orbit approximately one hour after…
New target date announced for second Iridium NEXT Launch
Iridium Communications has announced the second launch for its Iridium NEXT satellite constellation has been moved earlier, and is now targeted for June 25, 2017 at 13:24:59 PDT with an…
NAV CANADA and Aireon complete space-based ADS-B test
Aireon says NAV CANADA has completed a successful flight test of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology. The test was conducted to collect ADS-B data used for validating Aireon’s satellite…
FAA and Aireon announce next-gen ADS-B test success
Aireon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have announced a successful atmospheric flight test of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology. They collected ADS-B data to be used as part…
Malaysia selects SITAONAIR / Aireon / FlightAware for tracking
SITAONAIR, Aireon and FlightAware have announced that Malaysia Airlines will be will have access to minute-by-minute, 100% global, flight tracking data, delivered by SITAONAIR’s AIRCOM FlightTracker. This solution will enhance…
Aireon and Thales validating space-based ADS-B data
Aireon and Thales have officially begun the testing and validation of the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data. The the start of data validation marks a major…
Aireon signs agreement with Iceland for space-based ADS-B
Aireon has signed a data services agreement with Isavia, the Icelandic Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) for its space-based ADS-B service. Isavia will deploy Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…
First 10 Iridium NEXT satellites delivered to low-earth orbit
Iridium Communications has announced the successful launch of its first 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into low-Earth orbit. The satellites were deployed approximately one hour after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…
SITAONAIR partners on space-based ADS-B flight tracking
SITAONAIR has announced a partnership with Aireon LLC, FlightAware to provide its airline customers with Aireon’s space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data. Starting in 2018, SITAONAIR airline customers with ADS-B…
Irish Aviation Authority completes Aireon ADS-B test
Aireon has announced the successful completion of a service delivery point Site Acceptance Test (SAT) with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), Ireland’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). The test confirmed…
Qatar Airways to be GlobalBeacon GADSS launch partner
Aireon and FlightAware have announced that Qatar Airways will be the first airline to adopt the new GlobalBeacon solution to meet the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) Global Aeronautical Distress…
