User's Manual

AVIATOR 200S/700S
User Manual
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3 SWIFTBROADBAND SAFETY SYSTEM OVERVIEW
3.1 INMARSAT SATELLITE NETWORK
3.1.1 SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) for the Cockpit
SB-S is a comprehensive upgrade of the Classic Aero service, which is a voice and data safety service, used
by more than 200 major airlines, jet operators and government agencies, onboard over 13,000 aircraft,
processing over 50 million position reports annually.
Classic Aero has been the gold standard for aviation safety communications for the past three decades.
However, technology has evolved and SB-S promises to revolutionise the safe flight of airplanes through the
skies.
SB-S has global coverage, abundant capacity, full redundancy, unrivalled cybersecurity, and over 99.9%
availability worldwide, meeting International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) GOLD communications and
surveillance performance requirements.
Refer to the INMARSAT website for further information: https://www.inmarsat.com/
3.1.2 SwiftBroadband (SBB) for the Cabin
SwiftBroadband enables passengers to access online services from anywhere in the sky and provides flight
crews with real-time information to improve flight operations.
SwiftBroadband is secure, functional and compatible with government-grade encryption standards. Delivering
up to 432 kbps (AVIATOR 700S configuration), it’s always on to meet the needs of its customers.
SwiftBroadband solutions provide IP data communication capability to the crew and passengers – from full
access to on-board router, email, media streaming services to in-seat mobile phone and text services.
Refer to the INMARSAT website for further information: https://www.inmarsat.com/
3.1.3 SwiftBroadband Satellites and Coverage Map
The INMARSAT Satellite Network provides near-global coverage between +/-76 degrees latitude from four
satellites in geostationary orbit. The satellites are 4th generation (I-4) Inmarsat satellites, nominally located
at the following longitudes:
 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 25 degrees East
 Middle East and Asia (MEAS) 64 degrees East
 Asia-Pacific (APAC) 143.5 degrees East
 Americas (AMER) 98 degrees West
Each satellite provides a large number of overlapping beams (similar to cells) on the earth for users to access
the network, similar in operation to terrestrial cellular networks.
The part of the earth's surface covered by each satellite is termed its "footprint".