Aireon and Thales Begin Validation of Space-Based ADS-B Data on the Iridium Next Satellites

Launch of the First 10 Iridium NEXT Satellites SpaceX Iridium-1 Aireon announced that Thales has officially begun the testing and validation of the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data. Aireon and Thales signed an initial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in June of 2015 and the start of data validation marks a major … [Read more…]