{"id":65595,"date":"2018-03-30T23:37:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/iridiums-good-friday-1-million-subscribers-and-10-new-satellites\/"},"modified":"2018-03-30T23:37:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T15:37:02","slug":"iridiums-good-friday-1-million-subscribers-and-10-new-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/iridiums-good-friday-1-million-subscribers-and-10-new-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"Iridium\u2019s Good Friday: 1 Million Subscribers and 10 New Satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>After a brief one day delay, <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium Next satellites this morning from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. <strong>Iridium&nbsp;<\/strong>confirmed shortly after launch that its Network Operations Center (NOC) made contact with all 10 satellites, which are now preparing to begin testing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Positive update to our satellite and launch delay.  Just been apprised there has been a technical resolution; satellites and F9 are in great shape and ready to go!  Was ground harness test cable issue \u2013 now fixed.  Launch now pulled back to Friday, 3\/30 at 7:14am pdt! #GoTeam!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Desch (@IridiumBoss) March 28, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"osano\/blocked\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Once fully deployed, the Iridium Next constellation will provide global coverage for the company\u2019s Iridium Certus L-band broadband service, as well as <strong>Aireon\u2019s <\/strong>global aircraft surveillance and tracking. Just three launches remain in the campaign, which is expected to conclude before the end of 2018. SpaceX will deliver a total of 75 new satellites to orbit, including nine in-orbit spares.<\/p>\n<p>When the Aireon payloads from this launch come online, the system will have nearly global coverage with 15-minute or better update intervals, Aireon stated. This signifies optimal timing for airlines to begin testing the capabilities of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), which will help airlines meet the<strong> International Civil Aviation Organization<\/strong> (ICAO) and <strong>European Aviation Safety Agency<\/strong> (EASA) regulations that require aircraft be equipped with an aircraft tracking system for those flights not tracked by air traffic control by the end of 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FlightAware<\/strong> and Aireon have worked together to create a new product called GlobalBeacon. The product combines FlightAware\u2019s data processing platform and web interface with Aireon\u2019s space-based ADS-B data to create a solution compliant with ICAO\u2019s Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (GADSS) standards.<\/p>\n<p>For this launch, SpaceX reused a booster that was previously flown for another Iridium mission last October, making this the second Iridium Next launch to use a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p>Just before lift-off, Iridium also announced it crested 1 million active subscribers on its satellite network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a brief one day delay, SpaceX successfully launched the fifth set of 10 Iridium Next satellites this morning from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Iridium&nbsp;confirmed shortly after launch that its Network Operations Center (NOC) made contact with all 10 satellites, which are now preparing to begin testing. 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