User's Manual

Airbus Iridium SATCOM System
165E5733-00 L-3 Aviation Recorders Proprietary
Issue, Rev. 02
21 January 2014
Page 25
3.2.3 Environmental Specifications
Refer to Appendix C – Environmental Qualification Forms for environmental testing conditions,
categories and descriptions of the conducted tests of the SCM.
3.3 Airbus Iridium SATCOM System Satellite Antenna
The antenna is a Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) unit that is mounted on the top of the aircraft’s
fuselage – see Figure 3-7. It provides satellite connectivity for both the GPS and Iridium satellite
systems.
Figure 3-7 – Airbus Iridium SATCOM System Antenna