Space Based ADS-B Global ADS-B Coverage Don Thoma CEO November, 2014
Automatic Dependent Surveillance – ADS-B (out) • An innovative and proven surveillance concept through ground based stations • Significant development in replacing or augmenting radar surveillance • Upcoming transponder mandate for all aircraft in Europe and US • Almost all new aircraft by default are ADS_B equipped A quantum leap in aircraft surveillance — except… 2 11/11/2014
Significant Gaps in Surveillance Coverage Remain 3 11/11/2014
Why is Surveillance Coverage so Limited? • Radars are expensive for low density airspace • Radar and ground based ADS-B stations can be challenging to install in remote areas with high costs of maintenance and communications • Limited ability to install facilities in the ocean or vast remote locations • A majority of the world’s airspace is uncovered by any real time surveillance Global terrestrial surveillance is simply not feasible 4 11/11/2014
ADS-C is an Alternative, But Has Limitations • ADS-C tracking is not comparable to ADS-B surveillance • Slower ADS-C update rates results in higher separation (mins vs. sec) • Barrier to entry: ADS-C requires costly installation and subscriptions • Multiple providers require individualized equipage on aircraft • Several commercial aircraft types can’t be retrofitted • Almost no coverage over polar regions for certain providers • No service is provided to unequipped aircraft ADS-C can only support 30 nm separation at significant cost to airlines 5 11/11/2014
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The Aireon System 7
Investors, Customers and Innovators 8 11/11/2014
Launch in 2015, Global Coverage in 2017 • A $3 Billion US/Canadian/European satellite project, commissioned by Iridium, built by ThalesAlenia Space in France • Space-qualified ADS-B receiver payload being developed by Harris Corporation will fly in a 72 LEO satellite constellation with 9 ground spares • Systems engineering and ground data processing system by Exelis with significant expertise and existing ground based ADS-B infrastructure 9 11/11/2014
Iridium NEXT Satellite Configuration Aireon Hosted Payload 2 Solar Array Wings Main Mission Antenna L-band Deployed “Wingspan” 9.4m 10 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
First Flight Satellites In Production Post-mate of –Y panel FM2: SM with Y panels mated -Y panel prior to mate to SM 11 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
First Launch on a Dnepr (Kosmotras) in June 2015 • Dnepr program • 37 Satellite Cluster – Successfully launched (June) • Next Launch – October 2014 • 2014/2015 Launch Manifest approval • Iridium launch program • Qualification Dispenser in production • Qualification testing to start December 2014 Cluster Launch 12 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Remaining Launches on Falcon 9 (SpaceX) • Falcon 9 Program • Successful Launch – July 14, 2014 • Successful Launch – August 6, 2014 • Successful Launch – Sept 7, 2014 • Back-to-back Launches on 3 week centers! • Awarded 2-3 Heavy missions by Inmarsat • Iridium Program • Successful Qualification of Iridium Dispenser • Dispenser Production Readiness Review – complete Orbcomm1 Launch 13 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Aireon Development Status • Aireon payload (Harris) – in production, first flight payload shipped • Hosted Payload Operations Center (HPOC – Iridium) – finishing qualification testing in November • Aireon Processing and Distribution Center (APD – Exelis) – Flight software build will complete qualification testing in February 2015 • Systems integration and test underway to validate end-to-end interfaces including ATM interface • First launch scheduled for June 2015 and deployment plan will support full surveillance coverage by the end of 2017 • Late 2016 will provide first significant contiguous blocks of surveillance coverage for operational testing 14 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Ground Facilities involved with Aireon TPN TPN Y ellowknife S valbard Norway TPN Fairbanks AK N/ W Territories, Canada TPN Iqaluit Nunavit, Canada Corporate Headquarters Tysons Corner, V A Aireon Processing and Distribution (APD) S ystem Herndon/ Ashburn, V A S atellite Network Operations Center (S NOC) Tempe TPN Aireon Hosted Payload Operations Center (HPOC)_ Tempe AZ Leesburg V A Technical S upport Center (TS C) S NOC Back-Up Operations HPOC Back-Up Operations Chandler TPN (Test) APD Back-Up NOC Chandler AZ Chandler AZ 15
Global ADS-B Coverage, No Ground Infrastructure 16 11/11/2014
Aireon proving to be a robust surveillance system • Aireon System performance testing validates ability to support both low oceanic and terrestrial separation standards • High availability design uses system redundancy and cross-linked communications backbone – 99.9% availability to the ICAO GOLD Standard • Flexible design functions in the presence of high interference environments from other 1090 MHz emitters (radars, Mode-S, ATCRBS, etc) as well as equatorial low density environments • System supports 125W ADS-B transponders (almost all commercial aircraft are equipped with 200W or higher) • Built to accommodate all existing and future ADS-B standards • Capacity to handle future traffic growth 17 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
It’s Just ADS-B 1090ES ADS-B (DO-260 versions 0, 1, 2) Surveillance Data-link A1 or higher (125 Watt minimum) with a top- Aircraft Transmitter Classes mount antenna Supported ASTERIX CAT021, CAT023, CAT025 and FAA Data Format to ANSP CAT033 and CAT023 ≥ 10,000 simultaneous aircraft globally Capacity Continuously Global System Coverage ≥ 99.9% Availability ≤ 2.5s to a ATC Surveillance Tracker Latency 95% of reports ≤ 8s with higher expected Update Interval performance in Northern and Southern latitudes 18 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Tightly integrated regulatory plan for 2018 CONOPS 19 11/11/2014
Aireon Extends Aircraft Surveillance Everywhere on the Plane through With Advice and Support of Many Stakeholders the z Through the Space Based ADS-B Advisory Committee 20 11/11/2014
Aireon ALERT Service Global Aircraft Locating and Emergency Response Tracking 21 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Aircraft Locating and Emergency Response Tracking Aireon ALERT • MH370 highlighted a global need for better and more accurate surveillance of aircraft, especially in remote and oceanic locations, is obvious • Aireon is deploying a global space-based ADS-B surveillance capability and will have global visibility of all ADS-B equipped aircraft in real-time in 2017 • Aireon will provide a global emergency tracking service to ANSPs and Search & Rescue authorities to provide the aviation community with the ability to query the location and last flight track of any ADS-B Out equipped aircraft • Aireon ALERT will be provided as a free public service, without any new equipment or investment from the airlines or ANSPs 22 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Aireon ALERT Service – How will it work? • The Aireon ALERT service will be provided through a 24/7 call center to make data available soon after communication is lost with the aircraft • Organizations will register in advance with the response center, and when information is requested it will authenticate the organization and then release the information • The Aireon ALERT service will be able to provide the current or last known location and flight track of the aircraft based on the ICAO address of the aircraft 23 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Aireon ALERT Service – Advantages • Provides very precise GPS location knowledge and real-time access to tracking data • Service will be provided free of charge to pre-authorized parties, even to those who are not customers of Aireon’s core surveillance service • Aireon will be the only truly global aircraft surveillance service, extending coverage pole-to-pole, including oceanic and remote regions • Uses already-mandated ADS-B equipment, ensuring that aircraft operators, States and ANSPs do not have to invest in additional equipment or subscribe to an additional service 24 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
Summary • ADS-B out, a proven surveillance technology • Aireon will provide instant global ADS-B coverage in 2018 • High Performance, reliability and availability • Transforming surveillance availability and accessibility • Signal testing and validation to begin in 2015 • Launch customers will be ready for operational use in 2018 25 Aireon Proprietary and Confidential 11/11/2014
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