Only a few months after SpaceX launched the last set of Iridium Communications satellites into orbit, the new network is helping deliver critical data to aviation officials.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> The Federal Aviation Administration grounded Boeing's 737 Max airplanes on Wednesday, after receiving data from air traffic surveillance company Aireon about the deadly crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
"Our sympathies go out to the families of the passengers and crew of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302," Aireon said in a statement. Aireon gave"the data transmitted from Flight 302" to support the investigations of the FAA and several other aviation authorities, the company said. The Iridium NEXT constellation of satellites sits in low Earth orbit. While Iridium's network is focused on communications, Aireon leases space on the satellites for its tracking technology. Known as an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system , Aireon's technology in space constantly and passively receives information from any aircraft equipped with an ADS-B transponder – essentially an antenna on a plane that is sending flight data to space.
After about $3 billion in investment, Iridium's new network is finished. SpaceX launched each of Iridium's 75 satellites over the course of eight missions in two years. Once fully operational, Iridium NEXT will offer high speed broadband communications for "Internet of Things" applications and more.
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