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Aireon

Aireon is an American aviation surveillance and data company based in McLean, Virginia, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Iridium Communications. It operates a global space-based ADS-B system that receives aircraft position broadcasts using payloads hosted on the Iridium satellite constellation. Formed by Iridium in 2011, Aireon subsequently received…

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Founded
2011
Industry
Aviation data services Air traffic management
Headquarters
McLean, Virginia, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Don Thoma (CEO)
Parent
Iridium Communications

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Aireon

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples29
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
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Aireon

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related to history · 12
Aireon → ADS-B, ENAV, FlightAware, In November, In September, Iridium, Iridium Communications, Irish Aviation Authority, NATS, Nav Canada, Naviair, Qatar Airways
related to Technology · 6
Aireon → ADS-B-equipped, Earth-orbit, Iridium NEXT, The, The Aireon, Through
Area served · 1
Aireon → Worldwide
Founded · 1
Aireon → 2011
Headquarters · 1
Aireon → McLean, Virginia, United States
Industry · 1
Aireon → Aviation data services Air traffic management
Key people · 1
Aireon → Don Thoma (CEO)
Parent · 1
Aireon → Iridium Communications
Products · 1
Aireon → Global ATS Surveillance AireonSTREAM AireonFLOW AireonINSIGHTS AireonVECTOR
Services · 1
Aireon → Space-based ADS-B air traffic surveillance Aviation data services

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iridium surveillance aircraft system 2019 ads-b data air aviation subsidiary space-based payloads company traffic communications aireon's wholly owned constellation 2026

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AireonArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
AireonFounded20111.00infobox
AireonHeadquartersMcLean, Virginia, United States1.00infobox
AireonIndustryAviation data services Air traffic management1.00infobox
AireonKey peopleDon Thoma (CEO)1.00infobox
AireonParentIridium Communications1.00infobox
AireonProductsGlobal ATS Surveillance AireonSTREAM AireonFLOW AireonINSIGHTS AireonVECTOR1.00infobox
AireonServicesSpace-based ADS-B air traffic surveillance Aviation data services1.00infobox
AireonTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
AireonWebsiteaireon.com1.00infobox
Aireonis aAmerican aviation surveillance and data company based in McLean0.90text
Aireonrelated to historyIridium Communications0.60section

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