Aireon, the joint partnership of a number major air navigation service providers and Iridium Communications, said recent validation tests of the company’s new satellite system have been very successful. Aireon conducted the test jointly with the FAA and NavCanada from the agency’s William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Aireon Details the Effectiveness of New Satellites
Key Takeaways:
- Aireon, in partnership with the FAA and NavCanada, successfully validated its new satellite system through flight tests, receiving and processing ADS-B messages from aircraft in oceanic and regional airspaces.
- During the trials, Aireon's orbiting payloads successfully received over 100,000 ADS-B messages from standard commercial transponders, even when operating at reduced power levels (125 watts).
- A key finding was that Aireon's payload footprints are significantly larger than anticipated, providing increased coverage and valuable redundancy for authenticating aircraft position information.
- The successful validation tests reinforce high confidence in the system's ability to provide reliable day-to-day air traffic surveillance using commercially available ADS-B Out technology.
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