Exchange of data between aircraft and ground

The system Planet, developed by Atmosphère company in partnership with Safire, allows ground crews to exchange data with the aircraft via an IRIDIUM satellite link.

Two options are proposed:

Basic option - low rate

• instant messaging, up to 5 channels, between ground and aircraft equipped with the system
• Visualization of the aircraft trajectory on standard and live map backgrounds
• Addition of markers, drawing of zones from the ground or planes, in order to communicate to all the flight evolutions possibilities

Complete option - high rate

• Possibility of data file transfers, for example:o Sending of weather situation from the ground to the aircraft to monitor live phenomena such as storm cells
• Sending real time observations from the aircraft to the ground, such as atmospheric profiles from dropsondes to be used for nowcasting

Using the Planet system during experiments

• Users should ask for this use during the preparation of the experiment, because technical adaptations requiring a delay of realization may be necessary
• Activating the full option may generate additional costs.

Documentation Planet

It is available following this link.