Chapter 1: Introduction
16 Aero services — background information
Each satellite covers a certain area (footprint) and supports a number of
powerful spot-beams making the service available virtually anywhere on
Earth between approximately 70°N and 70°S.
For coverage maps of the satellites see Satellite coverage maps on
page 17.
For uses of these services see AVIATOR 700 Services on page 4.
SwiftBroadband
The Aero SwiftBroadband services are available on four I4 satellites. Each of
these covers a certain area, this is also called a footprint, supporting a
number of powerful narrow-spot-beams making the SwiftBroadband
service available virtually anywhere on the earth.
Classic Aero
The Inmarsat Classic Aero (also called H
+
) services are available on four I3
satellites and four I4 satellites.
Swift64
The Inmarsat Swift64 (also called High Speed Data or HSD) services are
available on four I3 satellites. This service is used as a fallback solution
when the primary data service, SwiftBroadband, is not available.
Some of the services are available on the interfaces of the SDU,
others on the SBU. See AVIATOR 700 Interfaces on page 6 and
check your cabin installation for interfaces available in your
installation.
The ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and MPDS (Mobile
Packet Data Service) services are only available when the aircraft
is positioned inside an area with Spot Beam coverage.
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