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Satellite-based ADS-B Surveillance System Draws Closer
System will provide global air traffic flight-following coverage via satellite-based ADS-B receivers with 15-minute or better real-time-update intervals.

Last Friday’s launch of Aireon space-based ADS-B receiver payloads installed in Iridium Next satellites carried aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket brings the total number of these payloads in orbit to 50. When the payloads from this fifth launch come online, the completed system will provide operators with global, near-real-time air traffic flight-following coverage via via FlightAware. System testing will soon be under way by airlines and non-scheduled operators flying over oceanic, remote, and polar routes.


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