Space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) for global air traffic surveillance.
A necessary component of Aireon's ADS-B satellite technology relies on Iridium's Low Earth Orbit satellitesLow Earth Orbit satellites. Each of Iridium's 66 low-latency LEO satellites includes ADS-B receivers that do not require commercial aircraft to adopt new equipment. Iridium is the only satellite network that sends air traffic controllers real-time information, and its satellites can reach 100 percent coverage of global air surveillance without ground stations.