Avionics
Third Launch of Satellites with ADS-B Payloads a Success
October 9 Iridium NEXT satellite launch gives Aireon 23 operational space-based ADS-B payloads

Future provider of space-based ADS-B air traffic management (ATM) surveillance services Aireon will see its aircraft positional-data collection and validation capabilities go up by an order of magnitude in November as a result of the successful October 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base of a SpaceX Facon 9 booster ferrying to low-earth orbit 10 Iridium NEXT communications satellites.


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