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IRIDIUM CERTUS SERVICE OUTAGE — AST LONDON POP

12. August 2026 - 13:08:20 CESTVERÖFFENTLICHTMailversand: 2026-08-12 13:53:47

We would like to notify you of a planned mainte­nance window affecting Iridium Certus services running through our London POP.

Activity Planned Mainte­nance
Start Date & Time (UTC) 12th August 2026 12:30 UTC
End Date & Time (UTC) No ETA
Service(s) Affected All Certus terminals via London POP
Description We are currently experi­encing an unplanned outage on the link between AST London POP and Iridium Tempe. We are urgently working on the issue with the commu­ni­ca­tions provider to resolve this issue. This will affect all Iridium Certus Terminals connected via the London POP. 
Action(s) Required by Users None

We apologise for any incon­ve­nience caused by this.

Abbreviations and their meaning

  • Americas I-4 = Satelite responsible for the region of North- and Southamerica
  • APAC = Asia Pacific
  • BGAN = Broadband Global Area Network. Inmarsat service for BGAN devices
  • CDR = Call Detail Record
  • EMEA = Satellite responsible for the region of European Middle East Africa
  • FB or FBB = FleetBroadBand. Inmarsat service for FBB devices
  • GSPS = Global Satellite Phone Service. Inmarsat voice service for IsatPhone
  • IRIS = Remote monitoring and control system
  • SB or SBB = SwiftBroadBand. Inmarsat service for SBB devices
  • TBC = To be confirmed
  • UTC = Universal Time Coordinated
  • RNS = Radio network subsystems (IT system at a ground station)
  • SAS = Satellite Access Station (ground station)

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