TRIAL OF ATM SATELLITE SYSTEM A SUCCESS SAYS EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
January 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Space Agency (ESA) has completed the first flight trials of air traffic control satellites under the Iris Precursor programme, a public–private partnership between ESA and UK satellite operator Inmarsat. The goal is delivering high-capacity secure digital data links via satellite for air–ground communications over European airspace. These four test flights were conducted from Amsterdam, with an aircraft from the Netherlands Aerospace Centre carrying a prototype Iris terminal connected to Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety satellite service. The ...
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