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Rob Mark

Rob Mark is a business aviation pilot, journalist, and publisher of
JetWhine.com.

Stories from Rob Mark

The Virginia-based company Aireon operates receivers on a newly completed constellation of Iridium satellites that relay heading, speed, and altitude information from aircraft in real time.

Iridium Satellites Launch a New Era of Global Tracking

And that may help investigators locate aircraft that go missing.