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Aireon has 50 hosted payloads in orbit and five more payloads launching on Iridium’s next mission scheduled for 2018-05-22 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Aireon’s aircraft-tracking sensors are hosted payloads built onto the Iridium Next satellites.
Aireon has raised $351,000,000 to date.
NATS estimates that optimized flight paths and desired speeds enabled by Aireon can save $300 in fuel per flight and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by two tons per flight.
NATS will take a 10 percent equity stake in Aireon under the deal announced 2018-05-16.
Aireon owes Iridium $200,000,000 in hosting fees.
Aireon planned an announcement on 2018-05-16 in cooperation with NATS regarding aircraft-tracking services.